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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no AP English options in grade 10 - that starts in grade 11.

The only other options are schools with IB magnets that have separate classes for magnet students in grades 9-10.

OP, I'm curious. What are they up to in his class, and what grades has he received so far? [/quote]

OP here:

They are reading short stories and writing definitions of basic English concepts like "setting" and "plot".
His English grades are not clear - lots of ungraded assignments waiting. [b]Honestly, he resents what he sees as busywork so much that sometimes it is hard to get him to complete assignments. [/b]
His Honors Chemistry class grade is currently a 99%.

He almost made it into the Blair Math/Science/Computer Science magnet -- was in the waiting pool but didn't get picked in the end.

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That's really his issue. If he doesn't want to complete assignments because he sees them as busywork, then he doesn't complete them, and he takes the bad grades as a consequence. [/quote]

OP, don't listen to the many judgers on this thread. The reality is that if your son almost made it into SMCS, he will likely be bored out of his mind in a typical sophomore English class... So why should he force himself to do boring/blah blah assignments, or worse, have to resort to BS'ing on assignments, if his English teacher encourages that kind of thing? I'm sure some teachers are great, but for the most part English class is dull and random. Dull because one often has to read mind numbing, dry stuff. Random, because often one has no idea whether they'll get a high grade or not, i.e it is not proportional to the amount of effort/thought put into the assignment. Even in college there is lots of encouragement to BS, even if the teacher doesn't explicitly say anything like that. For example, I worked hard on one essay and got an ok grade which I felt should have been better, then procrastinated on the next paper, writing it in a few hours, and it came back with an A-.  How is that not random and/or BS?

To be fair, again I'm sure there are lots of great English teachers who actually ask their kids to think hard about something, but I'm [b]100% sure your son is not experiencing that.[/b][/quote]

What BS advice based on personal experience!  100% sure?  Someone somewhere banged generalizations into your head.[/quote]

Sorry that you're having reading difficulties, I can see that comprehension may not be your strong point. Go back up and read OP's description of their kid, it's obvious he is doing well in other classes, and equally obvious his English class is in fact boring which means his teacher is not teaching anything interesting, Q.E.D.[/quote]

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