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Seriously not this crap again. People pay attention to these rating becuase of money,this is not rocker science . Home values ,property taxes it's all connected.
Sorry I had someone at the door and I was in a hurry.
ratings,rocket.
But what the AP exams themselves? Many years ago when I was in school they were very rigorous and were probably similar to college final exams. But the acceptance of AP tests varies from college to college. I had a very good grade on Calculus II AP (used to be called Calculus BC) but could only get to Calculus II. And I got a B in the class unfortunately My school only had non Calculus Physics so even a good score on the exam would not be worth anything in school. And unfortunately I got a 3 on a Chemistry exam and was not allowed to even skip one semester of Chemistry...
But classes themselves were challenging and fun. I guess now they might've been watered down so that everyone gets an A and parents are happy...
I took some AP classes in high school myself. The running joke is that AP exams only happen in AP land and have little to no reflection of anything you take in college. Much like the SATs. Come to think of it, I never had anything quite like an AP course at the college level. Of course that is where the criticism is coming from, plus there is the argument that high school is simply not compatible with college since your time isn't nearly as structured as it is in high school. Generally speaking you are enrolled in 5 classes a semester, while high school might be around 8 or 9, plus extra curricular. The time allotment is simply not as generous in high school and for that reason the pushback from universities is that college level courses should only be offered to college students, not earlier.
Now from a high school GPA standpoint, the AP course can give you a huge boost, so it can make sense to take a course you know you can handle. And if you generally like the subject, hey all the more power to you. But trying to shave off a semester or a year from college while still in high school is probably not going to happen anymore.
Just for the record AP classes are probably not any easier, colleges simply noticed students performing worse when they skipped a sequence class.
What the hell does that mean? I was a single parent. A widow. I went to NYU. My father and grandfather went to Princeton and my brother went to Vassar.
Not your kind of single. I'm pretty sure he means low income areas with teen unwed mothers who have multiple children from heat of the moment encounters.
Not your kind of single. I'm pretty sure he means low income areas with teen unwed mothers who have multiple children from heat of the moment encounters.
I knew exactly what he meant. Racist stereotyping.
I knew exactly what he meant. Racist stereotyping.
The people you’re responding to never said anything about race. Merely said to 1) look at single vs. married households and then 2) look at income. Sounds to me like you’re the racist, if you’re trying to equate marital status and/or income with race.
The people you’re responding to never said anything about race. Merely said to 1) look at single vs. married households and then 2) look at income. Sounds to me like you’re the racist, if you’re trying to equate marital status and/or income with race.
No sorry. He was saying that single mothers lived in areas with lower performing schools which translates into districts with less money, etc etc.
Ah, 2018 - the year when words don’t mean anything. Sigh.
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My school only had non Calculus Physics so even a good score on the exam would not be worth anything in school. And unfortunately I got a 3 on a Chemistry exam and was not allowed to even skip one semester of Chemistry...
