<p>...but not for the reason you expect.</p>
<p>Yes, me and the 2010'ers are going to graduate, but they're also implementing this new curriculum</p>
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<li>All non-AP classes are homogenized, and students can opt for extra work as part of the honors challenge. This particularly affects underclassmen</li>
<li>Freshmen and possibly sophomores will be in this "Academy" system which is pretty much like middle school - they take the same teachers in e very subject, and can take 3 electives in the morning. They are not able to take normal classes in the afternoon</li>
<li>AP Calc is eliminated from our school, and students from my high school hoping to take Calc will have to take AP Computer Science or AP Stat next year, or take Calc over a television screen from a nearby school.</li>
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<p>I had hoped that with a semi-new administration after last year, that they would reverse the implementation of "freshman academy" (#2) created last year, but that didn't happen.</p>
<p>I fear 2011 students will be the last ********* High School students to have a fair shot at college :/</p>
<p>Ouch! That…sucks. A lot. If I knew my HS was going to be that way…I would move. Or go to boarding school. Or a magnet school. Anything but the public school.</p>
<p>Are they lacking funding or something? Or have students not been doing well enough in the more advanced classes?</p>
<p>You’re not alone, though. My school (hopefully) isn’t going to make such drastic changes, but the administration <em>is</em> thinking about dropping the IB diploma programme. Although we receive a ton of financial support (uh…to put it simply, some of our departments receive more money than some departments at the local state university), not many students have been up to the academic rigor of the programme, it seems. I happen to be one of 17 IB students in my year (this is the third year since the program started)…out of some 800+ students in my class. And we already know at least 2 IBers are leaving by next year. </p>
<p>Plus, of last year’s batch of IB students, only 4 of the original 13 have stuck with the program. In short, having so many special classes, textbooks, teachers, etc. is putting a strain on my school, with relatively few benefits (well…of the one year so far that’s graduated, 11 of 12 got their diplomas…but that’s just 11 students of 700+). I just hope they won’t kill the programme until after I graduate in 2011. =P</p>
<p>I think it’s low test scores or something, but I don’t see how homogenized classes will help students do better on achievement tests</p>
<p>Aww…poor Maple, it sounds like the kids you gave your heart for are screwed. :(]
I’m so sorry for them.</p>
<p>At our school, they’re cutting some of the more pointless classes like custodial arts and all lol. It’s basically where the custodial staff teach you a thing or two about keeping sanitation and make you clear toilets for the rest of the day.</p>
<p>But then again, the AP and Gifted/Honors classes have suffered blows as well. I feel glad Calc is staying, though. That teacher is damn hot. :)</p>
<p>Wow, that really sucks for future students at your school.</p>
<p>My high school is also going to be really lame once I graduate. That’s because I’ll be gone.</p>
<p>^^my sister is screwed :[ . I feel unfairly blessed with a normal high school while scores of students with more devotion to learning than I have will be unable to utilize their motivation.</p>
<p>Calc is such an important class, it makes no sense to do what they’re doing to it. If it were a class with low demand and enrollment, I’d understand it.</p>
<p>^that will also have a tremendous impact on the student body.</p>
<p>You have a little sis, Maple? That’s so sweet…(her existence is in no way due to your compassionate actions though lol)</p>
<p>Hmm…our schools have actually kind of upgraded. I remember when the bathroom stalls were so tiny that you had to suck in your belly (I didn’t even really have a belly, so…) just to shut the door and stay in. And just when you were done with that and were about to release the held breath, you breathe in the pungent odor of uncleaned…stuff.</p>
<p>Now the bathrooms are at least better. Maybe it was because of all the bomb threats being scrawled there lol…oh wait. Custodial arts is leaving. We’re screwed again. Nvm.</p>
<p>lol we should have Custodial Arts. Is it just janitors making bad kids clean stuff? haha</p>
<p>Hahaha custodial arts. That sounds like a huge euphemism for something horrible >:).</p>
<p>Ehh…actually it’s a formal class kids sign up for. It’s actually not the euphemism lol, the real name is something else. I just forgot it.</p>
<p>As a matter of fact, it’s not just limited to the secret happenings behind closed bathroom doors, but a variety of other things as well. blah high school offers a fascinating span of arts not found in the common home ec lessons. Students will learn, among other things, how to stick rubber stuffs down toilets and force human excrement down when high-tech toilets have their moments. They will be introduced to the wondrous world of the Dewey Decimal System and will actually have real-life experiences in shelving books, sorting flashcards, and being yelled at by crabby librarians as they do nothing and ■■■■■■■ at you. This class is great for all ages, and while it is not a required course, it will surely benefit the future of America, from housewives to self-employed drug dealers lol</p>
<p>THAT was the euphemism. That class is horrrrrrible. Thank goodness I wasn’t one of the poor kids gulled into it lols.</p>