<p>i had to do that for another class last year...the teacher then graded the essays and made it a major grade...doesn't make too much sense, since in many cases the essays were better than those the students wrote for the actual AP exam...</p>
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i had to do that for another class last year...the teacher then graded the essays and made it a major grade...doesn't make too much sense, since in many cases the essays were better than those the students wrote for the actual AP exam...
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Exactly...once you've already seen the prompt and the passage, half the challenge of tackling the problem is over.</p>