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antigop

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3. as one who has experienced firsthand (relatives and friends) -- the problem is the AP courses

Reply to Ka hrnt (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 28, 2014, 03:40 PM

Sep 2014

at least in our state.

The schools pressure the students to sign up for multiple AP courses, The students are burned out, stressed out, and absolutely hate school.

If you watch the "Race to Nowhere" trailer you'll find that I am not alone.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1124&pid=8393

The students actually think they're going to get college credit. The reality is, when you look at the statistics, many don't.

AP is a money maker for the test company.

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Race to Nowhere airs on local PBS stations Sept 25- Oct 5. About education reform's dark side. [View all] madfloridian Sep 2014 OP

thanks, mad. The stress on teenagers these days is killing them. And taking all of these AP classes antigop Sep 2014 #1

As a teacher I have no problem with AP Ka hrnt Sep 2014 #2

as one who has experienced firsthand (relatives and friends) -- the problem is the AP courses antigop Sep 2014 #3

bookmarked daleanime Sep 2014 #4

I just watched it. It was amazing. Those Blue schools sound like they could be the future liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #5