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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent of a kid who is taking their 11th and 12th APs as a senior this week (but also had a 4 hour long varsity sport state semifinals game last night and 2 hour practices on all other days, including on Saturday), I have so much empathy for all of you parents.  Wish this kid could get some sleep already!

I was surprised to hear from a parent of a kid at Hotchkiss boarding school that their kid took zero APs.  Not even one.  It made me actually wonder whether I should have sent my kid to boarding school or another private school where APs are not common and lots of kids end up at the same colleges as a public school kid like mine who felt compelled to take so many of these long tests.[/quote]

As the parent of a private school kid who is not taking any APs I strongly agree. It makes the cost almost worthwhile. If the school doesn't offer it, you don't have to take it to be "most rigorous."

If your kid is a senior, why do they care so much? They are into college. Worst case they do badly on the test. So what?[/quote]

Another private school parent who agrees. My kid is having plenty of rigor and doesn't have to prove himself. Makes life much less stressful. I roll my eyes at these parents of kids who take 15+ APs. Sounds miserable.[/quote]

Ok.. do you lack self awareness? Most kids don’t go to a rigorous private school.  Their only option for higher rigor is to take AP classes.  At our high school you can’t even elect to dual enroll unless you’ve already taken the AP classes offered by the HS in that subject [/quote]

This.  Honestly, though, the regular classes at the rigorous private school are probably similar in homework load and rigor to the AP classes in the public.  Or if anything, the private school kids have more work.

You can't really compare the number of APs taken now vs. 30 years ago.  Schools have effectively renamed all of the tracks.  What was honors is now AP.  What was regular is now honors.  What was remedial is now regular.  My honors English classes 30 years ago were much more demanding than my kids' AP English ones.[/quote]

Yes. But back then things didn't culminate in this test which creates stress and drama. Much simpler. We are dramatically overcomplicating things.[/quote]

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