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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My nephew says that only the dumb and/or badly behaved kids are in regular high school courses. Everyone else is in honors and AP courses and all of them get a grade bump. [/quote]

I asked my cousin who is a high school counselor at a public school what proportion of kids were in honors vs regular English classes. She said her school had 14 - 9th grade English classes. 10 were honors, 1 was regular, and the other 3 were co-taught classes listed as regular Ed. and it us when a special ed. Teacher and English teacher co-teach the class and the class is made up of half- special ed kids/half general Ed kids who aren’t on grade level.[/quote]

Exactly. So unless you are a special ed kid or a kid who is below grade level, the majority of kids are in honors and AP classes. Many of them don't require you to get a certain grade in the class below it. My son's school doesn't allow anyone to take any AP classes unless they get an A in the previous honors class. The honors classes are difficult. Even his regular classes have quite a bit of work. My neighbor is in the same grade as my son but goes to the local HS. She is in a few AP classes even though she got Cs in the previous class. Her mom said anyone can take APs. She has Cs in those classes now but every class she has taken in HS has been either honors or AP and she gets a full point grade boost for all of them.[/quote]

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