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Professor Stephanie Roberts
English 101
October 9, 2016
Advanced Placement classes: Helpful Blessing or big mistake? The effects both the positive and negatives of the AP (Advanced Placement) classes that high school students partake in each year to earn a college credit before ever leaving high school is a huge issue for most promising young scholars. In high school, everyone looks to the AP students to help with essays and homework; it just makes sense to the majority of the average students that those taking the AP classes are most knowledgeable in a subject, and for the most part, this conventional …show more content…
First positive, it eliminates a college classes that otherwise you would have to pay for. Now this is a big positive for most AP students and in all actuality, is probably what most of the students sign up for AP classes for. In 2006 14.9 percent of college freshmen reported to have taken 5 or more AP courses (Hurtado and Pryor qtd. In Sadler 7). “AP passers” represent fewer than half of the students enrolled in AP Courses: the remainder either do not pass (i.e., they scored a two or less) or they opt out of taking the exam. An estimated 30 to 40 percent of students enrolled in AP courses choose not to take the AP exam (National Research Council qtd. In Sadler). So, it can be assumed that the 30 to 40 percent felt as though it would be a waste for them to take the exam, as though they felt that they were ill prepared for it. Some believe that it the teachers prepare the students perfectly for the test. Others argue that the quality of AP courses varies considerably (Honowar qtd. In Sadler). Some people feel as though there is too much variety in the way that certain teachers teach the course work. Sad truth is that even though they may not pass the AP exam most students can pass the class as a whole which is very perplexing and troubling for some people. Many students earning high course
Professor Stephanie Roberts
English 101
October 9, 2016
Advanced Placement classes: Helpful Blessing or big mistake? The effects both the positive and negatives of the AP (Advanced Placement) classes that high school students partake in each year to earn a college credit before ever leaving high school is a huge issue for most promising young scholars. In high school, everyone looks to the AP students to help with essays and homework; it just makes sense to the majority of the average students that those taking the AP classes are most knowledgeable in a subject, and for the most part, this conventional …show more content…
First positive, it eliminates a college classes that otherwise you would have to pay for. Now this is a big positive for most AP students and in all actuality, is probably what most of the students sign up for AP classes for. In 2006 14.9 percent of college freshmen reported to have taken 5 or more AP courses (Hurtado and Pryor qtd. In Sadler 7). “AP passers” represent fewer than half of the students enrolled in AP Courses: the remainder either do not pass (i.e., they scored a two or less) or they opt out of taking the exam. An estimated 30 to 40 percent of students enrolled in AP courses choose not to take the AP exam (National Research Council qtd. In Sadler). So, it can be assumed that the 30 to 40 percent felt as though it would be a waste for them to take the exam, as though they felt that they were ill prepared for it. Some believe that it the teachers prepare the students perfectly for the test. Others argue that the quality of AP courses varies considerably (Honowar qtd. In Sadler). Some people feel as though there is too much variety in the way that certain teachers teach the course work. Sad truth is that even though they may not pass the AP exam most students can pass the class as a whole which is very perplexing and troubling for some people. Many students earning high course