Gah... AP Calc BC

proace360
Tue, 05 May 2009 00:15:58 +0000

I’m sorry for this, but I have to rant somewhere.

About 3 weeks ago, my Calc teacher gave us the biggest project of our lives (thus far): to make an AP Calculus BC textbook that could be used to teach future BC students. Now, I knew it was going to be long and difficult, and, to combat my usually procrastinating self, I started the week I got it for about an hour or two every night. Fast forward to today. The project is due Wednesday, and I am only about 5/6 of the way finished. In fact, I had to skip school today to even get this far (did about 1/8 of it in 6 hours). So far, my project is 75 pages long, each page filled to the margins with information and examples. I am expecting, with finishing touches and formatting, that the project will reach or even exceed 100 pages. Does this seem fair at all? Even in college, a thesis paper will only nearly come close to this amount. On top of that, I have to print it out at Kinko’s, and it will run me upwards of $60. This is the cheapest alternative–the inevitability of buying multiple ink cartridges would cost me about $100. Honestly, I doubt he is even going to grade these based on content, most likely only based on appearance of completeness. All this for one measly test grade.

Any input or opinion on this situation?