<p>So today in my AP Calc BC class, we finally got to talking about the AP test and how we were going to go about it. We aren't. I was informed today by my teacher that the BC test is 'too much' to cover and she will prepare us for the AP Calc AB exam. I was told if I wanted to take the BC exam, I'd probably be meeting with her for a few hours every weekend. Does anyone else think this is absolutely ridiculous? I worked my butt off at a local university taking Calc over the summer to get in this class, and we're not being prepared for the BC exam in class. I have to take extra hours off my already busy schedule because these other kids in my class are too lazy? Sorry for my language, but god damnit this is stupid!</p>
<p>Sorry, just needed to vent. Throw in your opinion if you'd like.</p>
<p>And your class has the “BC” suffix? Seems like a lie… </p>
<p>“Hey guys, I know this is AP World History, but the World is REALLY REALLY BIG. So I’m just going to prepare you for European History. If you feel like taking the exam you expected while signing up for this class, you can meet me, the teacher, for many hours every weekend. Did I mention it’s too late to drop? Because it is. Also, we don’t get a “classroom”, per se. I got to choose between a class or a room, not a classroom. So we’ll be wandering the hall. Mr. Johnson over there got the room, so he’ll be chilling in there with the World History books. Here, I cut out the Europe sections for you.”</p>
<p>@QwertyKey: I have no idea. From what I can tell, most of this year is review? Yet she stresses how much stuff we have to get done? It’s so dumb.</p>
<p>@BillyMc: I’m getting the sense that this has the ‘BC’ suffix because the AP Physics teacher requires Calc BC to be in her class. I’ve read here that most schools have are very selective about who they put in their BC classes, but at my school it’s pretty much any half-wit that passes Calc I.</p>
<p>Maybe you could address this with higher ups - make an appointment with the guidance counselor, principal etc… have your parents involved. Sounds outlandish to me how can they get away with that kind of stuff.</p>
<p>I’d recommend either just learning the material yourself, or meeting her on the weekends. </p>
<p>Just wanted to say, at my school we got the entire BC curriculum (meaning with no prior calc) done in about 6 months, with just 1 period, not block scheduled (this would be like 1 of 7 classes you took a year). Your teacher really is being very silly with this.</p>
Allow me to just use another example to illustrate how ridiculous this is:</p>
<p>Principal: “Well, the Chemistry teacher has asked for a prerequisite/corequisite Algebra II class.”</p>
<p>Algebra teacher: “No problem, I’ll just rename Algebra I and call it Algebra II.”</p>
<p>Principal: “What will that do?”</p>
<p>Algebra teacher: “Shut up the Chem teacher.”</p>
<p>But worse than that. Because you took this to prepare you for the BC exam. This class was a lie to trick the Physics teacher, and apparently trick all the students. I wouldn’t want to spend weekends with this teacher. And you shouldn’t have to, you took the BC class. I would advise discussion with the principal. If the Calc teacher is unable to teach Calc BC, she shouldn’t be teaching Calc AB, and certainly not a class named Calc BC.</p>
<p>Sounds like your teacher is terrible at time management. At ny school, you take either AB or BC, not the former followed by the latter. In BC, you cover all of AB and then move on to BC material. Oh, and we’re on block schedule. So we essentially take notes at breakneck pace for an hour and a half, then go home and do about two-three hours of homework.</p>
<p>Thanks for the support on this guys. Glad to not be the only one that thought this was really stupid. As of right now, I’m planning on teaching myself the extra calculus for the BC exam. I’ve got a few calc books to my name, and this site is a pretty great resource too.</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s redic. I would be ****ed if I were you too. If the other kids in the class don’t want to do BC then that’s tough cookies and they can either deal with it or drop the class. They signed up for BC, and BC they shall have. They knew what they signed up for.</p>
<p>@NulliSecundus: I know, but it’s ridiculous because no one else seems even slightly concerned with this. I don’t know if were 6 days into our senior year and they’ve already got senioritis but I was actually kind of shocked that no one else spoke up.</p>
<p>@RAlec114: Seems were in the same boat. Are you required to take the AP?</p>
<p>No I am not requried to take the AP. In fact less than 10% of the class will. I will… but I will probably fail (only 2 5’s in the past 3 years I think)</p>
<p>This is ********. I have to say. Your teacher is poor. She’s clearly not adequate to be an AP teacher if the doesn’t feel she can teach the required material.</p>
<p>Following up, I’ve decided I’m telling my teacher that I’m going to take the BC exam, but without her help. The general consensus of her previous students is that she’s a god awful teacher to begin with, and that’s why she would never make it through the BC content.</p>
<p>I kind of had the last part figured out, for 5 days we sat around and talked. Out of no where, we took a test both yesterday and today.</p>