Are Redfield AP courses only for those certain few?
According to an article by educational journalist and blogger Jay Mathews, many people see AP courses in some schools as having problems. Do you see these problems in our school's AP classes?
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Austin Whitley
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Yes. If you sign up for all of the AP courses as a junior, expect to have no life at all. You won't have a life, especially if you care what your grades are. I am what most people like to call a hardcore procrastinator. Procrastination is not a good disease to have when enrolled in the AP coures. I know this from a first hand experience. Don't take any of these classes and expect to have a life out of school, there is always homework to be doing. Watch out especially for Honors English, that one is enough to make a grown man cry.
I agrre with what austin said. Most people that take AP classes are kids that dont play sports or do not have a life. It would be diffucult to play a sport every season and take your AP classes. If they did play sports and were in your AP class. They would always be after school getting help or up all night at home getting their work done. This is one bigg reason i am not taking your AP classes.
I think that there only a select few who can do an AP class for each grade. In my grade, however, there a lot of eligible people who could make the cut for most of the AP courses. This makes it hard for teachers who think all of them are eligible, but only allow a certain number of kids into the course. From what I've heard most of the AP courses at Redfield are hard, but they are mostly time consuming. This is a big factor for kids at Redfield because most of the smarter kids in the classes are ones that are out for sports. I being a three sport athlete know how hard it becomes to do homework at night after practice and on weekends. Also, there is the procrastination like Austin said, and I am right up there with him. It's quite difficult to actually sit down and write a paper or read chapters in a book. This is why I think that there should be the select few from each grade that are chosen for AP courses.
I can agree and disagree with what is said here. There is a difference between AP courses and Honors courses. The only AP class offered for me as a junior was AP US History. When you sign up for AP, you have to understand that it is college material and that you will be working your butt off to make the grade. I have never been one to have a problem in school or to not be able to earn my A's, but AP History was another story. I spent sometimes 4-5 hours studying for tests and all I could manage was to pull a C out of them. Honors classes were so much easier for me anyway. Honors classes definitely had a ton of work and even more homework, but I had no trouble earning an A. The moral of the story: I can understand that there are a select few that are cut out for AP and Honors classes. If you are willing to do the work and work hard, I figure you would be able to make it. And, I also agree that there really is not much time for personal activities outside of school, but I managed. I was in golf, had dance 2 nights a week, had a job the other nights, and spent many nights/mornings staying up waaaay too late to finish homework, but I still was able to make it through my classes(somewhat awake).
Wow this hits it on the nose. Not everyone can do these AP courses, and it just isn't necessary for some. I took AP classes not for my own benefit, but to avoid what some seniors go through when they have taken Lillebo's class. There is too much of a gap inbetween Honors and not Honors. If there was a happy medium than students wouldn't have to stress as much, and it would be as paramount to take Honors and AP classes.
5 comments:
Yes. If you sign up for all of the AP courses as a junior, expect to have no life at all. You won't have a life, especially if you care what your grades are. I am what most people like to call a hardcore procrastinator. Procrastination is not a good disease to have when enrolled in the AP coures. I know this from a first hand experience. Don't take any of these classes and expect to have a life out of school, there is always homework to be doing. Watch out especially for Honors English, that one is enough to make a grown man cry.
I agrre with what austin said. Most people that take AP classes are kids that dont play sports or do not have a life. It would be diffucult to play a sport every season and take your AP classes. If they did play sports and were in your AP class. They would always be after school getting help or up all night at home getting their work done. This is one bigg reason i am not taking your AP classes.
I think that there only a select few who can do an AP class for each grade. In my grade, however, there a lot of eligible people who could make the cut for most of the AP courses. This makes it hard for teachers who think all of them are eligible, but only allow a certain number of kids into the course. From what I've heard most of the AP courses at Redfield are hard, but they are mostly time consuming. This is a big factor for kids at Redfield because most of the smarter kids in the classes are ones that are out for sports. I being a three sport athlete know how hard it becomes to do homework at night after practice and on weekends. Also, there is the procrastination like Austin said, and I am right up there with him. It's quite difficult to actually sit down and write a paper or read chapters in a book. This is why I think that there should be the select few from each grade that are chosen for AP courses.
I can agree and disagree with what is said here. There is a difference between AP courses and Honors courses. The only AP class offered for me as a junior was AP US History. When you sign up for AP, you have to understand that it is college material and that you will be working your butt off to make the grade. I have never been one to have a problem in school or to not be able to earn my A's, but AP History was another story. I spent sometimes 4-5 hours studying for tests and all I could manage was to pull a C out of them. Honors classes were so much easier for me anyway. Honors classes definitely had a ton of work and even more homework, but I had no trouble earning an A. The moral of the story: I can understand that there are a select few that are cut out for AP and Honors classes. If you are willing to do the work and work hard, I figure you would be able to make it.
And, I also agree that there really is not much time for personal activities outside of school, but I managed. I was in golf, had dance 2 nights a week, had a job the other nights, and spent many nights/mornings staying up waaaay too late to finish homework, but I still was able to make it through my classes(somewhat awake).
Wow this hits it on the nose. Not everyone can do these AP courses, and it just isn't necessary for some. I took AP classes not for my own benefit, but to avoid what some seniors go through when they have taken Lillebo's class. There is too much of a gap inbetween Honors and not Honors. If there was a happy medium than students wouldn't have to stress as much, and it would be as paramount to take Honors and AP classes.
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