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[quote=Anonymous]To me, the parent you're quoting, part of the problem is the play vs intellectual seriousness dichotomy. The most intellectually serious people I know have very playful minds. And, actually, the embrace of that dichotomy is what turned me off Sidwell. They, too, were candid -- play at the lower school, with "rigor" kicking in at 4th or 5th grade when the kids switched campuses. I have other issues with AP as a gold standard of pre-collegiate excellence, but they mostly involve Humanities. Basically, AP courses are significantly less/differently challenging than history and lit courses should be at schools where teachers have the students and the resources to design challenging curricula. AP is dumbed down and speeded up compared with pre-AP humanities coursework at DC's school. I don't perceive that problem where science and math are concerned but I've never taught or worked in those fields, so it's not something I'd feel competent to judge.[/quote]
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