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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah and then I have a kid who actually goes to Wheaton and is very loaded up on other AP classes so doesn't want to take AP Lang (or Lit, whatever it is in 11th grade). So 11th grade honors English is basically a non-class for my kid, but I also feel sorry for the teachers and those EML students.

I actually get frustrated with my kid complaining about being bored and sometimes not turning in work (another topic) because I understand the teacher's dilemma. However, it is a bad situation, hard to really service anyone well in the current model. There should be regular English, honors English, and an AP choice.

Not the teacher's fault though!![/quote]

YES, this is the situation my Wheaton kid had. He wanted a reasonably challenging English class, but already had four other APs and AP lit plus the four other APs was just too much. There should be a middle ground class. Honestly, there should probably be four levels. AP, Honors, Grade Level, and English Language Learners who aren't ready for the other English classes. But instead we have these honors for all classes because the schools don't want to deal with making sure the kids are differentiated into the right tracks and don't want to deal with racial imbalances in the classrooms.[/quote]

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