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<p>Seems like each of my kids have experienced one of those…the class that starts out with not enough desks for everyone but ends the year with 8 kids.</p>
<p>Here is my pet peeve with how some teachers teach APs: * Every test is timed per the AP exam time limits. In one of D’s classes - it was even pre-AP - every quiz was timed because “the AP exams are timed.” How about starting the year untimed, then taking away a bit of time throughout the year, esp with the freshmen and sophomores, to let them work up to it? It’s like taking a student driver on the interstate on the first day because eventually they will have to drive on the interstate. There are also teachers who grade the essays using AP standards from Day 1. Again, how about teaching *them something first, then seeing how they measure up to AP standards?</p>