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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don’t they offer AP? That’s shocking. [/quote] Because it's drill and kill/teaching to the test. GDS courses are deep and quite similar to college course work, but without the drill and kill aspect.[/quote] Eh, I disagree. I graduated from a private high school in the dc metro area (not GDS), and the AP classes I took were not “drill and kill.” Perhaps because I attended a catholic high school that definitely took a sink of swim approach to teaching—meaning the actual class time was a mix of lecture and conversations/activities aimed at critical thinking—students were expected to cover a lot of ground outside of class (like college or law school or med school). My kids are in catholic high schools, and I can report APs are offered, students test well, and the classes are both rigorous and thought-provoking. [/quote]
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