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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would say AP English and AP Psych based on needs and workload.  Unless he's a history buff.  The history classes seem to require a lot of [b]busy work like notes.[/b]

English is critical these days - schools and students have weakened in this area since I was a kid.

Psych may be interesting and has a reputation for being easy.

Have you looked to see what credits he might get at colleges that he prefers?  That might be a factor.[/quote]

If he kid goes to a decent college, learning how to take notes (what you call busy work) will be an essential skill to be successful. No professor will be handing the students notes/copies of slides in college.[/quote]

PP.  My kids were forced to turn in extensive handwritten "Cornell Notes" on the APUSH textbook.  It was like summarizing the encyclopedia.  Doable but pointless.

In my district, APUSH is the ONLY 9th grade AP.  And the punishing amount of notes is a problem.  No other classes at the school require so much notes to be graded.

My family went to Cornell.  They were not required to use Cornell notes at Cornell![/quote]

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