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[quote=Anonymous][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]
[b]But it's all relative. Is DD's APUSH class really the equivalent of what she would take in college? No.[/b]
Are the curriculum, peer group and teaching better than Honors US History? Yes[/quote]

So she would retake the course in college?  [/quote]

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