Best Department(s)?

atrophicwhisper
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:58:21 +0000

Hmmm. It’s really hard to say because if you’re not an AP kid, none of them are THAT great (and you can’t really go by just AP classes because a majority of kids don’t take honors and AP classes.)

I can definitely tell you the worst though: Foreign Languages. Only 20% passed the AP Spanish exam (they only offer one AP exam, and that’s Spanish Language) the year before last, and we only offer two languages. French IV Honors is combined with French III, and there’s only one French instructor. My native Spanish-speaking teacher for Spanish II forgot how to do Usted and Ustedes commands. No honors classes either (except French IV honors). Need I say more?

The best though, from my own experience, was science; my AP Bio and AP Chem teachers were awesome. Honors Chem was honestly a joke (sewing a “mole” as part of the “honors” curriculum- what a waste of time) and Honors Physics didn’t require any higher thinking though, so eh.

I think the best department is the overall AP department (there isn’t one though.) :P