<p>Newsmassdad, nice shot. In case you had not heard, most rigorous colleges expect 1-2 hrs prep time for every 1 class hr. Yep, I guess HYP offer merely glorified hs courses.</p>
<p>I will give you a few examples of why our district generally limits AP courses taken because of workload. AP USHistory assigned two primary texts, two supplemental reading compilations consisting of academic essays. In addition students were required to read five addition books from a reading list of historical nonfiction/fiction, one of which was assigned summer reading. This allowed students to concentrate on one era of US history if they desired. Finally there was a capstone research paper which encouraged students to use original source material. Our son researched county census and church burial records to estimate trends in the AA population during the post Civil War era.</p>
<p>AP Calc I will give you a few of comments his students made about him.</p>
<p>My inspiration for becoming a math teacher. Has high expectations for all of his students, and won’t let you take the easy out.</p>
<p>I still remember *****! Such a great teacher and prepared me for life. If you do pass his class your ready for life! YOUR THE BEST!!! </p>
<p>Way cool teacher. I’m proud to get a C in his class! If only other teachers would push us like he does. He’s inspired me to consider becoming a math teacher. </p>
<p>How about 100 times, **** was the best teacher i had in h.s., prepped me for more than just college calc </p>
<p>I will probably never have a math teacher as good as *****. If you survive his class, you’re good for life.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t coddle or babysit students, but demanded they put forth effort and tried to learn. </p>
<p>It takes a little to get used to him, but i passed my calc ap exam after nearly failing the class - he went so far into the material, the ap exam was easier! </p>
<p>Our son could echo these comments. He got a final grade of 83 in his AP Calc class, a 5 on the AP exam and a 3.75 gpa in the 4 math courses he took in college. </p>
<p>Following the AP exam in May this teacher began units in linear algebra and instead of teaching himself, he assigned each student a class to teach so that they had to learn the material on their own. BTW, that 83 was a higher than average grade in the class.</p>