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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The advanced diploma is literally meaningless outside of Virginia. It's not like a HS degree is fundamentally changing as a result.

The outrage is born of both ignorance and a persecution complex.

I ask you, when was the last time someone inquired about your HS diploma? [/quote]

It’s not about the diploma, it’s about making sure students take the classes they need to give them a leg up when applying to colleges. Pretending that none of that matters won’t fool most wealthy and educated Virginia parents, but kids without savvy parents are going to need good guidance from the schools themselves. I hope they get it, but most probably won’t.[/quote]

That's the whole point of this change and why it's a good thing (I agree the math changes are mostly crap). Schools will HAVE TO require students to take the classes they need instead of saying oh it's just fine if you opt out of math or science in senior year. [/quote]

My kid opted out of science senior year, after honors bio, Chem and physics. But AP,Calc.  Took one foreign language through AP and three years of a second foreign language and summer immersion in a third foreign language.  Plus 4 years of orchestra.  Applied to SLACs for IR.  Not having a 4th science, which would have been oceanography or AP Environmental Science didn’t hurt her at all.  If anything, the feedback we got was that it was nice to see her doubling down on areas of strength.

She’ll only get the standard diploma. And she’ll be fine with that. [/quote]
+10000000  Good for her![/quote]

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