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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's getting crazy. Kids who by all reasonable metrics are not ready for APUSH in 9th grade are pushing to join because "that's what smart kids do".

The lack of pre-AP standardized assessments in social studies is no doubt part of the problem. In math, kids know what they know and don't know relatively clearly. [/quote]
Spot on.   Also to the tutor above,  I have an ADHD kid with at 504 plan.  He is very smart but struggles with executive function.  I did not put him in APUSH as a freshman due what I heard was the workload.   He learned plenty in his Honors US History class and did not require a tutor to help him with all the assignments like I saw with many other kids.  In fact maybe he learned more .  Of course everyone is welcome to do what they want but I think many parents are looking ahead and thinking that their kids need to be in every single hard class to get into a "top" college.  My kid will not be gunning for these schools most likely and that is OK.  [/quote]

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