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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:15 PM Original message |
Poll question: parents of AP students |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Neither of my kids are taking AP courses--I took them and found them to be |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. that is what his cross country coach said this year, but he has a toe in it. college prep i read |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I took AP English and History, got college credit for neither from the exams-- |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. freshman yr son got a college credit in history. likin that. but i hear you. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. My youngest was a jock and did not have time for AP chem, so he took it at UCR |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. Does your district weight AP courses? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. ?. help me out jvs. i am not sure what you are talking about. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Ok, that's what I mean. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. thanks. i am glad i had this thread to listen to people. posters telling me sons choice |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. My kid got 19 credits from Penn State for a 5 on AP German |
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mcar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. 2 AP courses |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. these are tough courses, what i am seeing. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. They only started to offer AP classes my last year of high school |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. same 18 other geeks ... ha ha. lol. nt |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. in my kids' school |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. that is what we have found. nt |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:22 PM Original message |
Got a grade of 71% in AP Gov't / Got a 5 on the test |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. ah, yea. that is fun when you accomplish that. good for you. nt |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Cannot really remember the details. Do know the quality of the teaching varies widely |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. freshman year he took the college test for his human geography and passed. we LOVED it. was |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. I dropped out of AP English |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. thanks tammy. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. That's funny, because the year I took AP classes, it was just the opposite. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have two kids who are taking different paths. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. isnt that so funny. lol. wow. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Didn't have AP classes at my hgh school |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Perhaps let your son make the decision about what to take? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Excellent idea! n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. this is an odd kinda house. we gather info, and discuss, lol. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I'm sure you guys do ... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. it is and it isnt. |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. All my kids took AP. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. AP classes are a joke. Just a money-maker for the College Board, |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I loved mine |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You probably had great teachers. And they probably would have been |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. i hear you on that. the 75% failing. that is why i was asking about it |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. If your student is hell bent on attending an Ivy or equivalent |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. i am not finding aything that you state. kis started in private and found academics below par. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Our former superintendent was one of the first school leaders |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. I took all AP in the early 80s; graduated early and entered college as a sophomore |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Hard to believe that, in science, any high school AP class could be |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Believe it. And the chem and physics I took in high school weren't even called AP. n/t |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. That's what they're designed to be. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. Guess if you've never been in an AP class, it's hard to know what to expect |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. they are now, too, rep. and that is good to hear. nt |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. My daughter did the same. In 2005. Entered as a sophomore |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. shruggin.... |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. They wound up being a waste of money..the kid was smart enough anyway... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Good colleges are less and less impressed by the AP's. n/t |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. Saved my daughter a complete semester of college. |
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lifesbeautifulmagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
42. my daughter's english teacher recommended that she |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. that is absolutely a consideration i have. he has cross country and track |
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AmandaMae (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
46. I wish I would have taken more. I took 1 or 2 each year. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. really? interesting |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
54. My son is in middle school and is taking 3 Pre-AP courses. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
55. My kid's dropping pre-AP math in January |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. what grade is she |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
57. My son's taking five AP courses this year ... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. ya. i get all confused on the pre stuff too. maybe the AP are college credit if pass test. pre AP |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Some high schools offer a lot more AP courses than others. |
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