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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The less serious students are not in honers, thus less distractions in class and teachers can do their job  [/quote]

Please read the thread before posting.  The issue is that this is NOT what is happening.  An honors label is being stuck on a class that is basically an on-level class.  [/quote]

Exactly... It is not the norm in moco scools to mix.

Ap classes are for kids with tiger moms.

Honors classes are for kids whose parents want to self segregate from the "other" kids.

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Mom or an AP and Honors student.  I am certainly no tiger mom, nor do I feel a need to segregate my child from kids who chose to take another academic track.  My son chose to take honors and AP courses because he wants to raise his GPA.  The college he wants to attend accepts students with an average 4.2 GPA.  So to go to this college, he needs these courses.  It has nothing to do with my being able to brag to my friends that he is an honors student (although I am very proud of him).  Maybe I will brag when he gets accepted to his college of choice :)

I know exactly what is happening with these sour grapes posts like the one quoted above.  There is certainly a jealousy factor here...or maybe they have been exposed to some of these "tiger moms," which I am sure can be plentiful especially in the W schools.  I feel badly for posters like above who feel a need to bash families who decide to take the more challenging route.  Maybe your kid has other things going for him.  Maybe he or she is a star soccer player or playing a major role in the drama club.  Please let kids who succeed feel good about it, whether it be in academics, sports, or other pursuits.

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Why do you think the average is 4.2?  The GPA's are so exaggerated these days.  And colleges will weigh them on others in their same county, their same school, what classes they truly are, etc... [/quote]

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