<p>thisyearsgirl- your post reminded me completely of my school! The school likes to increase it’s reputation by making <i>all</i> the classes in certain subjects at the “honors” level, but all that means in most of them is that it takes a 93% to get an A. It’s still a class full of smart, average, and slacker kids taught by teachers who don’t care at the slowest pace imaginable. we read TWO books in my lit class this year (though most of the class read the cliff notes instead), and wrote only one essay, as far as I can remember. It was terrible. </p>
<p>So, hmm, this doesn’t help you much I guess, but I wanted you to know that I sympathize!</p>