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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is a money making scam by the college board and MCPS loves offering them. They pay teachers with basic bachelor’s degrees to teach a class to 13-17yr olds, than a professor with a PHD should teach to 18-20yr olds. They don’t have to make the curriculum and the failure rates for every course is above 50%. Some as high as 70% (3 is failing for almost all colleges - or they pass you an into course no one needs)  But...  somehow they are easy A’s with a curved grading system and the extra point boost.

Kids get a higher GPA = win for them 
School doesn’t have to create curriculums = win for them 
Teachers don’t care if the kids pass the exam = win for them 
College Board makes billions in fees = win for them 
Colleges can choose to except none or a handful = win for them. 
Parents think their kids are “gifted” = win for them.

I mean it is a farce. Let’s give 14yr old kids college courses. So easy to stroke egos when lots of money is involved. [/quote]
But it's all relative. Is DD's APUSH class really the equivalent of what she would take in college? No.
Are the curriculum, peer group and teaching better than Honors US History? Yes[/quote]

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