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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, they're really ill prepared academically and emotionally. I've been teaching college for 20 years and in the last 4 years students have gotten much more demanding. [/quote]

All this AP class is not helping ?[/quote]

AP classes are taught to the test. And in many schools, once the test is over they stop learning. 
Kids get the message from this that the point is not knowledge/education, it is a score/grade.[/quote]

Kids also get the message that because they passed an AP course they're ready for advanced courses. In my experience, they're generally (not always) ill-prepared for more advanced work along with the responsibilities that come along with managing the level of independence I expect out of students in those classes. And then I get kids pleading, crying, even threatening when their grades aren't what they expected. I've got their parents hounding me to give them another chance (or ten....) or raise their grade or give them some more time.  It's awful.[/quote]

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