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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cannot understand why mcps parents continue to hold that more APs equal “better” especially when kids are not even required to take the final AP exam. PP said her kid deliberately skipped math and language exams because they were a little too hard for him. If you are not capable of taking the AP Exam, you should not be in the class.

What’s more—when my kids compare their AP class work at their private school with their friends at MCPS who are taking the same class (on paper), it’s mind boggling how different many of those classes are—from an expected work and grading perspective. [b]APUSH difference in private v public was particularly noticeable. [/b]

I understand that parents are attempting to make their kids look competitive on paper for college applications when they ask about how many APs their kid should take, but I wish more people would ask how do actually prepare our kids better? We were committed to MCPS (DH and I both attended), but as we inched toward HS is became more and more apparent that MCPS cared more about maintaining [b]an illusion of quality [/b]vs actuality delivering quality education. [/quote]

What's different between public school APUSH and private APUSH. So people should go private for APUSH  :roll: ?[/quote]

It would be very hard to tell as each teacher (private and public) is going to teach it differently just as long as they cover all the topics designated by CB and get their syllabus approved.  Which is why these type comments are always pointless.[/quote]

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