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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need better high school.  It does not have to be four wasted educational years.  You can take college level courses for credit in many high school and the credits are transferable.  More importantly the material in interesting and challenging. Part of the value of AP and Honors course is they attract students who are more interested in engaging with the material so the course can move faster and be more intellectual.[/quote]

It doesn't matter once a kid is in college. Just like the soccer doesn't matter after they quit playing either after HS or after college. AP just is not the pinnacle of life and once in college the impact of AP classes fades away very quickly.

All that matters is getting into the school. AP classes is one way, a mix of AP, Honors and sports is another way. Eventually, in both cases the kids will succeed or fail on their own.[/quote]

We just have to agree to disagree.  IMO more matters then getting into the school.  Good luck to your player.[/quote]

Agreed on all those counts.  The "just getting in" mentality goes well beyond soccer and has seriously degraded the work force that I see; we see the same things out of law school graduates  Annually, the quality declines just a bit more.  And frankly I am surprised that people on these boards would think that a strategy that would almost certainly doom their child in soccer (I am in the DA so I can coast now) would somehow work in academics, where the talent pool is increasingly global and competition is forever.  No, simply taking an AP course does not mean you are challenging yourself.  And taking ten is not necessary to challenge oneself.  But ducking AP or IB courses to play more soccer is certainly not challenging yourself academically at a level that is likely to yield long-term success in the classroom.  Not everybody needs to be academically competitive or elite, but if you think your kid will somehow wing it for a few years while you enjoy their DA games, and then catch fire after graduating from college or get what they need from the alumni network, you are doing them a disservice.[/quote]

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