<p>“Maybe it’s not perfect, but it seems a much better alternative. Any complaints?”</p>
<p>I hate my laptop. I answered this post and it just vanished…</p>
<p>Anyway - I like your proposal. </p>
<p>As to the poster who say AP courses aren’t college level I beg to differ. I think they are quite comparable to AVERAGE college courses at AVERAGE colleges. Most of us are sending our kids to above average colleges. :-)</p>
<p>That said breadth vs depth argument is true. And the AP Bio teacher pointed out that because he doesn’t write the exam he has no leeway in choosing what to emphasize - he has to prepare the kids for everything that might be on the exam. But my kid learned a lot of Bio. More than dh did in his first year bio course at Harvard. I don’t think the BC Calc course covers less than a typical one year calculus course either. And as for English and History - in some ways I think our high schoolers are better off getting the material in small classrooms than large lecture courses.</p>