<p>One thing I like about the rigid curriculum in AP courses is that this ensures that a good, broad foundation in these intro college courses is offered. I know that in one American lit survey course in college I was taught by a Faulkner fanatic. He was obsessed with the man, and the course should have been titled “Faulkner & a Few Inferior Authors I’m Forced to Teach.” The same could be said for a nursing instructor who was obsessed with pharmacology & negleted important nursing content. Also faced this in intro psychology & sociology courses, where a professor would focus on his or her pet interests.</p>