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[quote=Anonymous]The schedule is just an excuse or shows you're uninformed.

Don't get me wrong. As an AP teacher, I hate this schedule with all the short weeks, which has taken away all the time I would have for review before the AP test, forces us to stay in school much earlier/later, and gives an excuse to parents who don't care about academics to just take extended vacations at random times.

In my classes, a not insubstantial portion is constantly skipping on quiz and test days. As in...I can  see on their attendance that they came for 1st, skipped 3rd and then went to class for 5th and 7th. Or they're constantly sick, or being checked out by their parent, or have a doctor's appointment when there's an assessment. And they're constantly in catch up mode and asking for special treatment.

A majority is still doing fine, attending regularly and doing what they're supposed to do when they're supposed to do it. But the proportion that's mired in kind of a sh___ show is increasing. I think many are in classes that are simply too hard for them.
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