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[quote=Anonymous][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. Both of my kids barely got Bs in their favorite subject AP classes but got 5s on the AP test. 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]

Well its good for an AP teacher to be a hard ass. Its pretty common in private schools for kids that get a B or even C in the class to get a 5 on the test. The test is one test and they honestly are not that hard. For the course to be equal to a freshman level class the class work should be much harder than the test.

There is a really weird perversion toward always "pretending" that everything is advanced and every kid is a brilliant when they are not. Academic success requires hard work, and pushing yourself. Its not an every person wins a trophy or lipstick on a pig thing. [/quote]

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