Neen Wrote:
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> Have you all heard that South Lakes has finally
> decided to add an AP course? Did they choose the
> obvious, AP calculus, or AP Government or AP US
> history?
>
> NO! They carefully researched it and decided they
> would offer AP Human Geography! One of the
> silliest, and easiest, AP courses available! My
> son took the AP exam for that class without even
> knowing what it was. He said, correctly, "how
> hard could it be"? He got a 5 on the exam, the
> top score, but UVA, among other universities,
> gives no credit for the course.
>
http://www.virginia.edu/registrar/records/01ugradr
> ec/chapter2/uchap2-9.1.html#chart
>
> Is this silly course offered at an other FCPS
> school?
>
> Why would South Lakes choose a geography/sociology
> course for its ONLY AP class? Because they had a
> teacher who wanted to teach it? It's her favorite
> class? I can't imagine any other reason.
>
> Surely their principal knows this course is a
> waste. Doesn't he?
Because IB classes already cover US Government (Pre-IB US Government), US History (History of the Americas, 20th Century Topics), and Calculus (Math Methods).