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Re: Why Are Palo Alto's Kids Killing Themselves? - stupac2 - 05-26-2015
(05-22-2015, 12:08 PM)fullmetal link Wrote:I agree, stupac2, the AP courses weren't all that hard. The amount of homework assigned for them might be increasing though.
It must be. Or something must be different.
Quote:And heaven forbid that you live in the northeast and lose several days worth of school, ruining your AP test preparation...that was one of the first remarks from my calculus BC teacher that opened my eyes to the unfairness of a national test policy. AP test dates don't move for anyone, so if you lose a week of school due to snow, you've just lost a week of material and preparation.
That's kind of a funny observation to me, because I did grow up in the northeast and we had some snowy winters and lost some days. I don't think it ended up mattering much. 5 days out of ~160 (not 180 since the exams are early) isn't that big of a percentage.
Re: Why Are Palo Alto's Kids Killing Themselves? - fullmetal - 05-26-2015
Ah. My instructor had the course material planned out pretty precisely. He also had a wall of names with each of his students who had earned a 5 on their AP calculus or physics exams...dating back to 1985? Or something crazy like that.