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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is in one of these classes and doing reasonably well. Consistently in top quartile but the median grades are shockingly bad. I can tell you that of my kid’s many AP and other classes, kid reports this is the worst teacher. Not a mean or bad person - just not good at teaching this course. Finds attending class to be a waste (but still does). I bought kid all the outside AP materials. Not every family can do that. No other class has had grades this low. [/quote]

I can sympathize if students don’t have a really good teacher in an AP class.  That said, that alone is not a reason to throw up their hands.  They can schedule to meet with teachers before or after school or during lunch.  They could talk to another teacher in the department or the lead for that department, or even reach out to a teacher at another school.  MCPS is offer free tutoring.  They could form a study group with others students in the class.  The public library has study books.  They are dozens of resources online. Etc etc.

If a student wants to succeed they can they just need to be willing to put in the effort and not assume attending class is going to be enough or that the can run to mommy or daddy and everything will be well. As someone a PP said,  it’s learned helplessness.  Parents need to help kids learn to stretch beyond its not working to thinking outside the box and determine how can I make it work for me.

When a kid gets to HS, I as a parent am not responsible for their grades or learning.  I’m here to provide support, advice, occasional reminders, help as needed, and resources when not available.  I’ve told my own kid since upper elementary, it’s not enough to just say “I need help”.  What do you need help with?  what you need from me(or whomever) or how do you need me to help you? What have you already done or ruled out?[/quote]

It’s stunning how all knowing you are for someone who knows nothing of this particular and unique situation. And you clearly have not used the FEV tutoring. MCPS is desperate to get kids to use it to justify the contract - even offering worthless SAT tutoring. [/quote]

I think you are focusing on one resource option and not focusing on the larger message which is that there are MANY resources available to the student that wants to succeed.  Education is not just on the teacher, it also requires effort from the learner.  A key part of HS is for students to start taking responsibility for their learning.  When a student takes an AP class, which is meant to be a college level introductory class, the expectation is definitely that the student will take responsibility for their learning.  If a kid can’t or won’t take that responsibility, then they are not ready to take an AP class.  [/quote]

Well aware and my kid is doing quite well in all of their AP classes, thanks. When your kid is taking double digit number of AP classes throughout HS, though, you can appreciate when something isn’t quite right with one class. I’m not sure why you feel compelled to sanctimommy on something you know nothing about. [/quote]

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