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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My students who come back to visit me their freshman year of college largely report that college is much easier than their high school experience, so I think they're well prepared.

I also think the experience (especially in elementary) is very non-standardized. My own child has been writing 5 paragraph essays since 3rd grade, so the anecdote about being overwhelmed by an essay is odd to me.[/quote]

My now 9th and 11th graders, who were in AAP, barely wrote anything through middle school and I have been surprised at how little they write in HS. [/quote]
My kids were in AAP as well and I wish they had done more writing.  There was some essay writing in late ES and MS but not that much.  Now DC is in an IB school.  Yes there are issues with IB (how it can be inflexible at times) but I do appreciate that they start pushing lots and lots of writing in 9th grade.  Lots of in-class writing/essay exams (by hand).  And also research papers using appropriate academic journals/sources starting in 9th grade (at least for honors).  [/quote]

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