<p>To follow up on the diversion from the main topic: Just to assure everyone–I was not actually advocating the one-size-fits-all approach to literature and history. I made the implicit assumption that there were honors-type literature courses leading up to AP Lit. The idea of a completely undifferentiated curriculum in literature would only work in a school that was itself extremely homogeneous.</p>
<p>My post was intended to address the differences between the relatively radical acceleration that is possible in math, vs. the comparatively gentle acceleration in lit.</p>
<p>I should note: The local school did allow one of the verbally gifted students to take college courses post AP Lit.</p>