I blame NNfan for this.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...petition-reaction-st-0416-20170414-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...petition-reaction-st-0416-20170414-story.html
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The whole community seems to have lost its way, since Jwar moved away.Wow. Just wow.
He's been gone months and you cannot seem to get that salty taste out your mouth.The whole community seems to have lost its way, since Jwar moved away.
He makes a huge impression on people.He's been gone months and you cannot seem to get that salty taste out your mouth.
He's been gone months and you cannot seem to get that salty taste out your mouth.
One of my kids has a full boat of AP classes - several hundred bucks, but cheaper than U of I credit hours. One class - stats - she is not taking the AP test but has a 98 percent in the class. She does not need it for her major.
The teacher keeps pressuring her to take the test ... so his average goes up with her almost guaranteed 5. It's about school prestige too.
Some colleges don't let you count AP credits for your major, so anything non-major would count. Plus majors change so one never knows.One of my kids has a full boat of AP classes - several hundred bucks, but cheaper than U of I credit hours. One class - stats - she is not taking the AP test but has a 98 percent in the class. She does not need it for her major.
The teacher keeps pressuring her to take the test ... so his average goes up with her almost guaranteed 5. It's about school prestige too.
Just got a refund on the AP Lit (or ) Langtest she canceled today. The reason is that one of her more in tune friends pointed out that with her ACT and SAT subject scores, she gets the class credit anyway, so no need for the test.Sometimes it will satisfy a graduation requirement if you get credit for the class.
Example a person not planning on a History or Humanities Degree can use AP World History and AP European History as credits that satisfy the particular University graduation requirements for # of Credits/Hours in History etc.
TOTALLY get the school pressure and prestige. These HS's (and some teachers I would guess) are judged on what percent of students take the AP exams and percentage that did well 3/4/5. So the pressure will always be there. US News has the AP piece as one of the components in their HS rankings for example if memory serves and they haven't changed it.
It was not like this when I went there. I never did any homework and took "chef's class" my senior year. Just did enough to get by, and half of the other kids there were like me. I doubt that NN is much different than other suburban schools, all are pushing the kids more than in the 1970's and 80's. College was a different story... really had to bust my butt. IMHO NN should de-emphasize academics and go all-in with football. Winning football games is all that matters.
"It was the worst semester of my life."
If you are 26 years old and still use semesters as units of measurement for time ... I think I've found your problem.