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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why so much work is giving in AP US HISTORY AND AP BIOLOGY AND AP LIT?

I emailed the teacher and they said because its college level work....

I graduated from Radford University back in 2005.   I might be a long time ago, but the classes were basically  based on  EXAMS.  Very little homework was given.  English 101 had like 3 essays per semester that was about it.  
So what is the point of them giving them so much work for AP classes?[/quote]

Yes, I had exactly the same feeling when my kid too AP classes.  [b]I realized that very few teachers know how to increase rigor without just giving out more work to students. [/b]

Most of the AP homework was busy work and didn't really do anything to enhance learning.  My kids also felt that because the AP classes were open to anyone that the class time itself wasn't really useful because the teacher was having to going over the very basics for kids who were behind. 
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+1 This exactly. I have found this applies to honors classes and AAP classes.[/quote]

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