<p>"My high school had no AP courses at all. It had honors courses, which were not difficult for a good student. There was no calculus. Writing was fairly minimal. College was something of a shock–especially math and French. Fortunately, I was a reader, so English wasn’t bad. I’m just skeptical that there was all this heavy homework in American high schools 30 years ago, except maybe in the really good schools in big cities. "</p>
<p>So agree Hunt! I graduated 30 yrs. ago, top of my class, never took an AP or Honors, simply wasnt offered. I applied to one school, $10k in student loans got me through 4 yrs of a Big 10 school…sad how much things have changed really. Are kids smarter now? I dont think smarter, maybe more worldly… I paid off my loans @ $87/month by the time I got married… I know we cant go back in time however somethings WERE better back in the day~ And I think kids need to have some skin in the game, even if their parents have won the Lotto! :)</p>