<p>So, I'm taking AP US History, and for anyone who's taken/taking it, you know it's a pretty information-intensive course.</p>
<p>Like most classes, my AP US History class has periodic unit tests over 2 or 3 chapters at a time. Test grades are curved by the highest score in the class. This leads to a sort of skewed bell-curve, where the curve is set by 5 or 6 kids who actually read the chapters, and others who don't and get C's and B's. Most of these kids claim it's because the text we use is boring and often includes unnecessary information - which is true, to some degree.</p>
<p>My situation is: I write up pretty extensive notes whenever I read. Like, 10 pages of notes, typed, per chapter [chapters are usually ~25-30 pages in the text], so it's a little more condensed. Reading them - and I like to think of myself as a fast reader - takes about 20-25 minutes.</p>
<p>I've been thinking about something, and even approached my teacher about it: maybe I should offer up these notes for public usage? On the one hand, it would probably prove helpful to a lot of students. Moreover, grades are capped at 100%, so messing up a curve doesn't really help anybody. </p>
<p>On the other hand, this might just be feeding others information. If I throw these out there every unit, won't some people grow dependent on them? Also, I don't exactly complete readings on a set basis, although it's most always done at least a day before the test, so that might pose a problem.</p>
<p>OPINIONS???</p>