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Anonymous wrote:APUSH is offered in 9th at a few MCPS HSs but is more common in 10th. Blair magnet kids are encouraged not to take it on top of the magnet courseload, but some still do. Magnet kids typically have 2-3 hours of hw per night, so adding APUSH to the mix makes it more like 4-5.

This was not accurate for my magnet Freshman who took APUSH. It was all fine and definitely not that much homework.

It’s a shame that you didn’t listen to the magnet coordinator and pushed your kid to take it against the advice of the school. Some parents are extremely pushy.

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Anonymous wrote:APUSH is offered in 9th at a few MCPS HSs but is more common in 10th. Blair magnet kids are encouraged not to take it on top of the magnet courseload, but some still do. Magnet kids typically have 2-3 hours of hw per night, so adding APUSH to the mix makes it more like 4-5.

This was not accurate for my magnet Freshman who took APUSH. It was all fine and definitely not that much homework.

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Anonymous wrote:My Blair magnet kid decided not to do APUSH because they were told repeatedly how much with it was. Seems to be regretting it.

this - getting the A is not that tough but the AP exam at the end is....so again take it and stress about the test or don't - at the end of the day it gets you with the right cohort (in MCPS anything honors is really just regular now) and looks good on the transcript

Anonymous wrote:APUSH is offered in 9th at a few MCPS HSs but is more common in 10th. Blair magnet kids are encouraged not to take it on top of the magnet courseload, but some still do. Magnet kids typically have 2-3 hours of hw per night, so adding APUSH to the mix makes it more like 4-5.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m really glad my freshman is taking APUSH. It’s the first class in MCPS that has made him work and taught him study skills and I’m glad he’s finally getting that. That said, while he’s a stem-oriented kid he really likes history (apush has contributed to that), likes to read, and has always been efficient about getting his work done. After a bumpy first test he’s been doing well. All that said, I don’t think we’ll push it for my second kid who is equally smart but slow and doesn’t like to read. Just doesn’t seem like a battle worth fighting/stress worth causing freshman year.

Agree with this. APUSH is by far the hardest course all of my kids have had in freshman year... but it works because several of the other courses tend to be far too easy/little work. So there's time to spend on APUSH in 9th.

Newbie here - which courses are far too easy/little work? TIA.

Honors bio, honors English, Spanish 2, even algebra II. As far as I can tell he has no homework (or plenty of time to get homework done during class), no major assessments, or need to otherwise study in any of those classes. APUSH has been a breath of fresh air - and he actually talks about what he’s learning, which isn’t true of any of the others.

Yeah because every high school student would love to talk to their parents about the difference between sin, cos and tan function. Love to talk to their parents in Spanish when they can’t understand it. Love talking about the the theme of some random passage.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m really glad my freshman is taking APUSH. It’s the first class in MCPS that has made him work and taught him study skills and I’m glad he’s finally getting that. That said, while he’s a stem-oriented kid he really likes history (apush has contributed to that), likes to read, and has always been efficient about getting his work done. After a bumpy first test he’s been doing well. All that said, I don’t think we’ll push it for my second kid who is equally smart but slow and doesn’t like to read. Just doesn’t seem like a battle worth fighting/stress worth causing freshman year.

Agree with this. APUSH is by far the hardest course all of my kids have had in freshman year... but it works because several of the other courses tend to be far too easy/little work. So there's time to spend on APUSH in 9th.

Newbie here - which courses are far too easy/little work? TIA.

Honors bio, honors English, Spanish 2, even algebra II. As far as I can tell he has no homework (or plenty of time to get homework done during class), no major assessments, or need to otherwise study in any of those classes. APUSH has been a breath of fresh air - and he actually talks about what he’s learning, which isn’t true of any of the others.

Yeah because every high school student would love to talk to their parents about the difference between sin, cos and tan function. Love to talk to their parents in Spanish when they can’t understand it. Love talking about the the theme of some random passage.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m really glad my freshman is taking APUSH. It’s the first class in MCPS that has made him work and taught him study skills and I’m glad he’s finally getting that. That said, while he’s a stem-oriented kid he really likes history (apush has contributed to that), likes to read, and has always been efficient about getting his work done. After a bumpy first test he’s been doing well. All that said, I don’t think we’ll push it for my second kid who is equally smart but slow and doesn’t like to read. Just doesn’t seem like a battle worth fighting/stress worth causing freshman year.

Agree with this. APUSH is by far the hardest course all of my kids have had in freshman year... but it works because several of the other courses tend to be far too easy/little work. So there's time to spend on APUSH in 9th.

Newbie here - which courses are far too easy/little work? TIA.

Honors bio, honors English, Spanish 2, even algebra II. As far as I can tell he has no homework (or plenty of time to get homework done during class), no major assessments, or need to otherwise study in any of those classes. APUSH has been a breath of fresh air - and he actually talks about what he’s learning, which isn’t true of any of the others.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m really glad my freshman is taking APUSH. It’s the first class in MCPS that has made him work and taught him study skills and I’m glad he’s finally getting that. That said, while he’s a stem-oriented kid he really likes history (apush has contributed to that), likes to read, and has always been efficient about getting his work done. After a bumpy first test he’s been doing well. All that said, I don’t think we’ll push it for my second kid who is equally smart but slow and doesn’t like to read. Just doesn’t seem like a battle worth fighting/stress worth causing freshman year.

Agree with this. APUSH is by far the hardest course all of my kids have had in freshman year... but it works because several of the other courses tend to be far too easy/little work. So there's time to spend on APUSH in 9th.

Newbie here - which courses are far too easy/little work? TIA.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m really glad my freshman is taking APUSH. It’s the first class in MCPS that has made him work and taught him study skills and I’m glad he’s finally getting that. That said, while he’s a stem-oriented kid he really likes history (apush has contributed to that), likes to read, and has always been efficient about getting his work done. After a bumpy first test he’s been doing well. All that said, I don’t think we’ll push it for my second kid who is equally smart but slow and doesn’t like to read. Just doesn’t seem like a battle worth fighting/stress worth causing freshman year.

Agree with this. APUSH is by far the hardest course all of my kids have had in freshman year... but it works because several of the other courses tend to be far too easy/little work. So there's time to spend on APUSH in 9th.