<p>That’s quite a large generalization. There are so many different types of public schools out there, as well as different types of private schools.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/691480-chances-hyps.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/691480-chances-hyps.html</a></p>
<p>i hope u were joking in that thread</p>
<p>I completely agree with “pathetic administration” you listed above. Our counselors suck suck suck, they are not helpful at all with college advice, classes, summer programs, and everything!!! It makes me so mad.</p>
<p>Yo yawn.</p>
<p>Which elementary school did you go to?</p>
<p>I went to Deerfield for 1st grade and part of 2nd.</p>
<p>^ Cool. I actually went to Los Naranjos (in the Ranch), which ended up getting closed the year after I left. My little brother went to Los Naranjos until, I think, mid-third grade, after which he transferred to Deerfield. I’m guessing you were gone by then.</p>
<p>I did go to Venado middle school, which is right next to Deerfield.</p>
<p>Ah. I see.</p>
<p>I used to be able to walk to Deerfield.
I remember the nice playgrounds they had.</p>
<p>Nostalgic.</p>
<p>oh yea, IUSD is legit. but not some other districts in SOCal…
I’m not gonna name them, you know who you are</p>
<p>I feel you TJ.</p>
<p>I mean, mine’s not totally horrible, but it definitely could improve in many aspects.</p>
<p>I’m SoCal as well, brah.</p>
<p>I’ve been in public school my whole life, and I’ve actually gotten a really good education. Maybe it’s just your school that sucks…</p>
<p>Any people in what my APUSH teacher calls LA Loonified School District?</p>
<p>Sadly, my duaghter has had the same experience in AP Psych as the OP. The teacher admittedly hasn’t taught Psych in 10 years…much less, AP. She was actually looking forward to this class, as she had taken Honors Psych a year ago and liked it…they just didn’t get deep enough into the subject. This class is like a pre-school class with crayons. No prep for the AP test, no material taught. Unfortunately, we pre-paid for the exam. I guess I can just look at the AP class(s) as good resume material, even though she didn’t get much out of it.</p>
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<p>Yes, I’m in LAUSD unfortunately.</p>
<p>I hate students that claim that it’s a teachers fault that they don’t do well on AP Exams. The teachers do their jobs and if they don’t then as an AP Student you should be able to buy a review book and read the text and TEACH YOURSELF!! Students need to stop complaining and take responsibility. As a student taking numerous AP courses, I know that only through hard work can one even hope to pass the exam. What’s even worse than a student who blames a teacher is their parents that believe them. These parents have to stop blaming the teachers and tell their students to work harder, not make excuses!</p>
<p>My APUSH class schedule:
first 5 minutes - nothing… the teacher’s always late.
5-25 minutes - teacher talks about current events. particularly how the US society is failing and how democrats & liberals should be leading our govt
25-30minutes - starts to talk about what we’re doing in US history… unfortunately it doesnt last long
30-40 minutes - gets off topic and starts rambling about random current events that are “related” to our current topic in US history
40-75 minutes - cycle repeats over and over
80-82 minutes - starts questioning students if they’re doing reading and blaming students for not knowing the material when he only spends ~20% of the class talking about US. Then assigns a load of Homework</p>
<p>Not ALL teachers do their jobs. Yeah, it’s possible to teach yourself, but it’s also considerably more difficult. Students have a right to complain when they have to do 3.5x the required work when their teacher is bad.</p>
<p>LAUSD student here. It’s not the teachers, it’s the bureaucracy. LAUSD is a mess and needs to be chopped down.</p>
<p>I’ve dealt with a lot of great teachers but few good administrators.</p>
<p>@LiLawyer
umm…yeah, it should be the student’s responsibility to pass, but it would be nice if the teacher ever lectured, told you what’s going to be on the AP test, spent class time on something relative to the subject. It’s not that much to ask, I mean…
THAT’S THEIR JOB!!</p>
<p>My teachers don’t have lesson plans. A lot of classes they just pop in a movie, or talk to the class about random stuff. Basically just hang out with teenagers. They are doing nothing, but are getting paid pretty well for it.
This is why the quality of education in the US is sooooo bad and we’re lagging behind all the countries in Europe and Asia.
The whole public education system is screwed up. Most teachers were probably “C” students in high school. A lot of them don’t even know the subject they’re supposed to teach. I bet if THEY took the AP test, they would fail.</p>
<p>We watched James Bond in my AP English Lit class last week, to “kill time,” using my teacher’s words.</p>
<p>^ exactly! Teachers are just glorified babysitters.</p>
<p>Yeah my AP Lang teacher has had us watch the Simpons, some SNL clips, and the Truman Show just because she didn’t really have anything planned I don’t think. For all of them though we had to write the message, intended audience, etc, which was all way simple. I don’t think we’re learning what we need to in that class for the test.</p>
<p>As for AP Gov, my teacher has actually been reviewing everything that he thinks is going to be on the test that we’ve already studied for during lunches and after school 2 days a week until the test. I think it’s really great, except for the fact that I can’t seem to remember or understand any of it.</p>
<p>Honestly, a teacher who discusses current events and proposes different ways in which history relates to the present day sounds pretty good, even if s/he isn’t going over and over and over the material from the text book. Most college classes (and therefore also AP classes) expect students to come in with the material down (by reading and researching) and then being able to discuss. The socratic method is a pretty good one…</p>