You're dead on Peach. Not to discredit my teacher, but for these AP classes, you are teaching the student to pass it, not necessarily the course. Now,
a motivated student will learn the material, and as such will do well. But, everyone wants a pretty little AP course on their transcript, and not all
of those kids like mixing chemicals, so the teachers do what they have to to get good scores and keep their job. It wasn't until this year , when I
took AP biology, that I had an AP teacher who taught both the course and the test, and even helped me out. After the examination ( it ends about a
month before school does), there is really no more work to be done, he let me make use of his equipment and minor chemical supplies and let me
experiment for an hour and a half each day while the rest of the kids were watching Transformers. He even let me have some of his equipment and
glassware, saying " If I can help atleast get one student truly interested in science or help foster their passion, then it is worth it". So there are
some really great teachers out there, and if I win the Nobel prize, Ill remember to toss him a 'Thank you'... and maybe a Corvette
[Edited on 17-6-2011 by sternman318] |