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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reminds me of one of my classes. None of the questions in the tests matched what was covered in the lectures or textbook. It was the most interesting class but grade wise it was the worst. To this day I remember her lectures, she was brilliant. And a terrible test writer. [/quote]

This is my child’s honor chem teacher with a reputation for never having anything on her tests that was actually covered in class. Kids drop it in droves first semester.  [/quote]

But somehow kids end up doing well. It really needs to be only the brightest that should be taking and passing honors classes. For kids who drop classes like this it the first time they’ve actually found a class with academic rigors. [/quote]

I am a different poster but the exact same thing happened to my son. The honors chem teacher he had was awful. No handouts or anything posted online. My son couldn’t figure out how to do part of a lab homework so he read and studied the book, emailed the teacher who didn’t respond, texted classmates who were also puzzled. I hired a tutor who is a retired AP chem teacher and has a Ph.D. in chemistry. The tutor told my son it was impossible to solve that homework section without a solubility chart. The awful chem teacher never told the students this, never passed out or explained anything about a chart. The tutoring session was online and recorded so my son okayed that section for me so I verified that the Ph.D chem tutor actually said that and was puzzled why that part of the lab was assigned. So only with the help of the tutor did my son answer those question correctly. The only other kids in class who did had tutors or parents who were good in chem like a friend whose mom is an anesthesiologist.

I encouraged my son to drop down to regular chem. He has an A+, the teacher is fantastic, my son now finds chemistry interesting, and has time to take an online AP class since he has no chem homework (he finishes it in class).[/quote]

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