Wow, really? A Latin composition? I guess I need to go sit in on an IB workshop at ACL.
Yes, AP has gotten political. It is now what is expected on the college transcript, for better or worse.
Frankly, I think these programs all have their merits, but it is assuming that all teachers and all students are alike, learn at the same pace, etc.
Even right now I'm changing how I teach certain things, feeling like I must in case my school somehow does find a replacement teacher. Maybe some of the things I've been doing all along have been bad ideas. (My model sentences instead of a noun chart until the end of 8th grade.)
If I end up teaching at schools that feed into Westlake, I'll have to conform more than ever to what is expected of pre-AP students, won't I?!
Well, there is how we teach, how we want to teach, and that middle ground in between the two that we strive to shrink.
Re: AP
Yes, AP has gotten political. It is now what is expected on the college transcript, for better or worse.
Frankly, I think these programs all have their merits, but it is assuming that all teachers and all students are alike, learn at the same pace, etc.
Even right now I'm changing how I teach certain things, feeling like I must in case my school somehow does find a replacement teacher. Maybe some of the things I've been doing all along have been bad ideas. (My model sentences instead of a noun chart until the end of 8th grade.)
If I end up teaching at schools that feed into Westlake, I'll have to conform more than ever to what is expected of pre-AP students, won't I?!
Well, there is how we teach, how we want to teach, and that middle ground in between the two that we strive to shrink.