you find out how to make the dishes wash themselves and the cloths fold and put themselves away....PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!! I'd pay good money for that!! :)
My syllabus was rejected upon first submission for the stupidest of reasons...they claimed I didn't have all the AP Bio labs listed, when I most certainly DID (they didn't count right!). They also said I didn't elaborate enough about one of the AP labs my kids do.
GRRRR...and it took these people nearly 3 months to tell me this!
Anyway, that's truly stupid. You know with the number of syllabi coming through, they probably don't do much more than skim through.
I just got notification that they received my forms for the other 3 classes, so hopefully, all is good. I used the same syllabus for all 3 sections of Studio Art (2-D, Drawing, and 3-D) so hopefully that will work. One of the example syllabi was like that, and since I have all 3 sections in one class period, that works better for me.
I'm not sure what to think about this AP business. On one hand, it's awesome. On the other hand, there are issues. (I'm not even sure I think it's a good idea for kids to test out of entry-level college courses.)
You're welcome to steal my icon...I don't remember where I got it, but I think I noted that in my userpic list.
As for testing out of entry-level courses...I don't think AP is so much about that as it is about college preparation. I encourage all my students to take the exam for my course because I know that not all of them will become bio majors, and they will all have to take some kind of bio class once they hit college. The AP curriculum is supposed to be rigorous and equivalent to what students would encounter at a university, and the exam is (and should be) secondary, but unfortunately (at least in the public school system) it becomes a tool used for a lot of other things that are not real good indicators of student learning and comprehension.
but unfortunately (at least in the public school system) it becomes a tool used for a lot of other things that are not real good indicators of student learning and comprehension.
It's kind of like that at my school, too, although the pressure is not so much from administrators as it is from parents. They want to purchase those credit hours like you purchase a new pair of shoes. It's not like that.
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GRRRR...and it took these people nearly 3 months to tell me this!
I bet you'll pass on second blush.
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Anyway, that's truly stupid. You know with the number of syllabi coming through, they probably don't do much more than skim through.
I just got notification that they received my forms for the other 3 classes, so hopefully, all is good. I used the same syllabus for all 3 sections of Studio Art (2-D, Drawing, and 3-D) so hopefully that will work. One of the example syllabi was like that, and since I have all 3 sections in one class period, that works better for me.
I'm not sure what to think about this AP business. On one hand, it's awesome. On the other hand, there are issues. (I'm not even sure I think it's a good idea for kids to test out of entry-level college courses.)
Hmph.
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As for testing out of entry-level courses...I don't think AP is so much about that as it is about college preparation. I encourage all my students to take the exam for my course because I know that not all of them will become bio majors, and they will all have to take some kind of bio class once they hit college. The AP curriculum is supposed to be rigorous and equivalent to what students would encounter at a university, and the exam is (and should be) secondary, but unfortunately (at least in the public school system) it becomes a tool used for a lot of other things that are not real good indicators of student learning and comprehension.
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It's kind of like that at my school, too, although the pressure is not so much from administrators as it is from parents. They want to purchase those credit hours like you purchase a new pair of shoes. It's not like that.
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