Jstar1 wrote:woutR wrote:Pff the American high school system sucks ass. When I read this AP bullshit (and standardized tests) I'm glad I live in the Netherlands.
cause you've taken an AP calc or chem test right? oh wait. What makes you think you can make an intelligent statement about AP classes when you haven't even taken one.
Some american high schools suck and some are high quality. It really depends on how affluent the local community is.
I am not dissing the quality of AP tests, I am dissing the system. It's stupid that you have to go to high school that's made so that the average guy can pass it (no levels). The only way you can set yourself apart from the rest is by taking extra AP courses.
Basically all your courses but the AP course are under your own capabilities if you're going to a university. It would be much better if all your courses would be AP courses, so there would be a level completely made for preparing you for university. Kind of like prep school.
You're wasting your time on high school, and to get in a good university you even have to sign up for community college to be able to set yourself apart.
It's not a fair system and AP courses and all that extra curricular stuff just increase the workload, but even after that you're still on the same level as thousands of other kids.
Smart(er) people are left out in the cold if they don't have the money/ability/time to sign up for extra AP courses. Not that I am some communist, but the American system is in no way fair to the poor and underprivileged.
Why create extra tests when you're already going to a high school? Isn't it the job of the high school to prepare you for wherever you're going? Sure, they offer the AP courses (not all high school do..), but shouldn't regular education suffice?
But seeing as there is no 'AP-level' the regular education does not suffice, and you all get stuck doing loads of extra stuff on top of your straight A regular high school bullshit.
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Guess he wants to prepare us for University?
