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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid took AP Government in tenth grade and then did the full IB diploma. The AP Gov was a lot. There was no other option if she wanted the IB diploma track.

There is no need to push a 15 year old into all these college level classes. College is for college. High school is for teenagers. If your kid is a very, very gifted kid, that’s one thing, but why make them work harder than they ever will in the future, for the most part? In college they take classes several hours a day, in high school it’s classes all day and then the extra hours of work. For what? Take the parent ego out of it and let your kid be a teenager. [/quote]

If your kid did the full IB diploma, then you are not really in a position to lecture other parents to "let teens be teens" and not take AP classes.

AP is the most rigorous course load at most FCPS high schools, just like IB is the most rigorous course load at a handful of schools.

You putting your teen in the full IB program then criticizing parents for signing their kids for AP classes is a pot meet kettle moment.[/quote]

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