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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree. Seems like you never took a literature class in college. I do think things like stem are more conducive to self study. My kids read a lot and write fairly well, but would benefit tremendously from being in a college level seminar. Older kid is now in AP lit.. it is not easy. [/quote]
completely the opposite. Seems like you don't have a kid studying STEM.

Most people cannot self study STEM.   SAT/AP scores bear this out.  It's easier to get a higher score in humanities subjects, and SAT English, than  STEM subjects. One can self study literature.  Grading is subjective; it's not difficult.

My college aged STEM major student has an IBDP; they did not find the program difficult at all.  My HS senior wants to major in science, but they struggle with STEM subjects, but not the humanities subjects, including AP lit/lang. They got As in those classes. Can't say the same for their AP Chem class.  The average GPA in their AP lang/lit class is much higher than on their AP Chem class. They didn't even bother trying for AP Bio, which is notoriously difficult.  [/quote]
What are you talking about? My kid is a physics major and most of his degree is self study-all the textbooks are online and easily accessible, problem sets are shared and pulled across institutions and you can access most of them, MIT has content including upper division courses posted on YouTube along with a few others like Yale (who has a famous academic on faculty for teaching excellence and textbook writing) and Berkeley. The resources are all public and there, and you're only really missing the tests. [/quote]

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