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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone else is complaining that there is no writing instruction or support in APS and you are complaining that there is too much? [/quote]
This was in response to the pp talking about year-long projects at H-B. I just cut that time in half to make a general observation that it shouldn't take such a long time to write these papers, especially since most of that time is wasted. Personally, we've only experienced at most "only" quarter-year-long writing assignments which should only have lasted half of that time for a class that's supposedly at grade level or, as others half laughingly suggested on various H-B topics here, advanced by default at H-B because of small class sizes, fewer hours devoted to each class per week, self-directed learning, student-teacher ratio, etc.

[quote=Anonymous]And do you look at Canvas or the class pages? Because the teachers definitely do give feedback on assignments, either on the papers or on the grading page. [/quote]
Having a comment such as "interesting" or "you make a good point" on Canvas or ParentVue is not exactly what I would consider giving feedback on assignments. The fact is, smart kids generally know if their paper contains good ideas or if they're saying something insightful. What kids need are instruction on structure or grammar and spelling mistakes (even if they're just typos), and direction on how to better develop their thoughts in order to persuade the reader. This requires teachers to actually read and mark up papers. We've experienced almost none of that at H-B, and more generally at APS through the years. In fact, many assignment prompts and emails themselves are pockmarked with grammar mistakes and typos that a simple spellchecker should have caught.

[quote=Anonymous]I really think you are just a troll, the things you post don't match our experience at all and H-B is so small our kids have to have the same teachers for all their core classes. [/quote]
Unfortunately, it seems that it's not uncommon for a class at H-B to contain kids that are many grades below the already low VA SOL standard and those that are several grades above grade level. If you can't understand the difference then look at how lessons are planned, who the intended audience is, and more importantly on which resources are used. Blame that on small student population, self-selection by many parents of kids who have some form of disability, and the dearth of classes both in block availability coupled with variety of classes at the AP level and electives. Yes, the kids have mostly the same teachers but not all kids are treated equally, and some are ignored or (un)intentionally shamed because they are "selfishly" trying to take up the time of kids in need—as if deeper learning is some type of entitlement. Yes this has happened multiple times when more than one TA was chosen specifically for their self-purported expertise and the advisee came to discuss said topic and was almost always turned away during TA, office hours, or some other free time because some deserving other kid(s) needed course help. [/quote]

Gee. Sounds like HBW program should be dismantled since it's so sub-par.[/quote]

Gee. It sounds like you are one of those pro voucher enemies of public education. [/quote]

Gee, an assumption with no basis whatsoever. No. Very anti-voucher, actually.[/quote]

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