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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because the non honors is basically remedial level but no one wants to call it remedial because that is offensive to some in this politically correct country. Facts are no longer acceptable.  So instead of saying remedial history and regular history, we say history and honors history. [/quote]

I want to reiterate this for the parents with kids in middle and elementary.

The "academic" classes are remedial. The honors classes at my dc's school are all over the place. In some cases there is barely a difference and the rigor is dependent upon the teacher.

I also hate APs.  We have to pay for the class and the tests and the teachers often can't teach the content. [b]Both of my kids barely got Bs in their favorite subject AP classes but got 5s on the AP test. [/b]At our school there seems to be a pecking order where the teachers most valued by the administration get to teach the AP classes. They are often not talented in the subject matter they teach. The teachers also get some kind of ego kick for being known as the hard ass ap teacher. The ones with that reputation are very proud of it. [/quote]

So where did they learn the content, then?[/quote]

Their friends. They rely upon one another to go over the subject matter. Some times my kid is the guru and other times it's one of the other kids. The kids at my kid's high school who are the highest achieving go to their peers with questions, rarely the teachers. [/quote]

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