...I see the standards being applied differently by race which flies in the face of everything I was brought up to believe - that all should be treated on their merits alone. Frankly, I think that it is insulting and degrading for these students to expect less from them.
Agreed. Have you seen the book
Please Stop "Helping" Us?
My daughter will be going to what seems to be a pressure cooker of a high school, and the kids take tons of AP classes... My impression is that they are for sure not dumbed down, nor are they drudgery, and that the teachers in general are very engaging.
The marketing and the lived experience may, in many cases, differ.
Class rank and GPA are over rated and everyone here knows it, as do many colleges. Do some colleges still use them heavily for entrance? Some yes, others seek a well rounded student who has challenged themselves in many arenas. Once you've got entrance, your prior GPA and class rank mean beans but your personal experience and how it affects your college years means a great deal and has a lasting impression.
Agreed!
By taking college classes in community college, he was finally surrounded by more mature (relative I realize) people he was more comfortable with being around.
Agreed!
