I got a 3 on my AP US History test. I know all my answers were right (I would've cited sources if I could have), so what the fuck were they trying to get me to say?
I can't say for certain, but you immediately struck me as someone that would do great in grad school while having a shitty time in high school and undergrad because "fuck you tow the line it's the system".
I wouldn't expect it from Greg on AP US, though. It's possible they just didn't like how you argued the essays, or it was a particularly easy/weird exam this year.
It also goes on to point out where guides to do so can be found, and also notes - much to the tears of Reddit's armchair Economists who KNOW that fifteen is bigger than seven - wages are not a factor.
Even taking them into account, prices were still unreasonably high, along with the fact that this has no impact on the production of goods overseas or digital distribution - which covered practically all of the products subject to the inquiry. Even when you account for other factors beyond wages such as paid leave and Pensions, prices were still unreasonably higher for Australian consumers.
I wouldn't expect it from Greg on AP US, though. It's possible they just didn't like how you argued the essays, or it was a particularly easy/weird exam this year.
I actually think it was the multiple choice that killed me because they were all opinionated, and I didn't know which opinion they were looking for. For example, there was one question about why Truman nuked Hiroshima, and I could and have argued 3 of them. It was that kind of test.
To be fair, APs are always that kind of test. The trick is paying attention to the material to figure out which answer they would call most correct. That's a skill that one only acquires through practice.
College is hit or miss school to school, program to program, instructor to instructor, course to course. Hopefully by the time you get to grad school you'll have worked past "most" of those sorts of classes though.
Disregard APs, acquire local community college credit. Looks way better on a transcript 'cause it stands out, and you can an actual educational experience rather than studying for a useless standardized test.
Depends on the school. Our local community college was really just 13th grade. Most of the people I knew that dual enrolled failed. Hard. But that was on them, not the program; they really just didn't want to go to high school anymore. Greg seems like he's got a head on his shoulders, so that shouldn't be an issue.
I got 5s on most of the AP tests I took. Pulled a 3 on the Physics C test, because fuck that double-integration electrical field distribution noise. ;^)
AP tests aren't about learning. They're about gaming the system enough to skip boring basic classes at uni and move on to the interesting stuff more quickly.
I took several AP's. I got 4's and 5's on all except AP Latin, which I got a 1 on since I was basically forced to teach myself in that class, and I accomplished very little.
AP tests aren't about learning. They're about gaming the system enough to skip boring basic classes at uni and move on to the interesting stuff more quickly.
Yup.
You kids also need to understand that you don't ever "get past" that whole "follow the system" thing. That's most of life in developed countries. Your skills/knowledge don't matter for shit if you can't get into and stay in the system.
AP tests aren't about learning. They're about gaming the system enough to skip boring basic classes at uni and move on to the interesting stuff more quickly.
Depends on what you mean by "skip." If you mean "get college credit for the AP test," not all unis do that. Mine certainly didn't. However, if by "skip" you mean "instead of taking boring intro class your first semester you take a higher-level class your first semester", i.e. they're used for initial placement, then yeah, they do let you skip the boring basic classes and move on to the more interesting higher ones.
AP tests aren't about learning. They're about gaming the system enough to skip boring basic classes at uni and move on to the interesting stuff more quickly.
Yup.
You kids also need to understand that you don't ever "get past" that whole "follow the system" thing. That's most of life in developed countries. Your skills/knowledge don't matter for shit if you can't get into and stay in the system.
Obviously varying based on career, circumstance, environment, etc. It's nice if you can figure out where you can work that you get the degree of freedom and security you want at the same time.
I feel at this point I should mention that I didn't take the AP course, only the test. I would have answered with their opinions if I had known what they were, but I wasn't expecting the test to be opinionated in the first place so I didn't bother with the more difficult class.
That would do it. Actually, it probably was your essay to a large part, then, because there's a really goddamn silly/formulaic rubric for the DBQ - it's basically "do this to get points."
Yeah. Every AP teacher worth their salt spends 80% of the year teaching you "This is the formula that they think essays should be written in. After High School, learn how to really write."
It was a hard pick on which day thread to put this in, between things of and fail of, but this thread won out, as the problem still exists.
Aahahaha oh god and reddit's Armchair economist brigade is now trying to say "Oh yeah that's wrong because XYZ basic wikipedia economics that I don't understand, and somehow assume that the economists working on the report missed."
A friend of mine from school passed away yesterday from complications from some swelling in his brain caused by a skateboarding accident. He was only 21 years old. It really puts mortality and the general fragile-ness of the human body into perspective.
AP tests aren't about learning. They're about gaming the system enough to skip boring basic classes at uni and move on to the interesting stuff more quickly.
Same deal with SAT II's. At my university you can use a high score on an AP or SAT II to place out of boring distribution requirements in certain subjects. My 4 an AP lit got me out of freshman writing and my 4 on US history got me out half my history requirement.
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Australian Software, ebook and services prices are so ludicrous that a report produced by an official parliamentary inquiry encourages Australians to circumvent Geo-blocking to obtain them at a reasonable price.
It also goes on to point out where guides to do so can be found, and also notes - much to the tears of Reddit's armchair Economists who KNOW that fifteen is bigger than seven - wages are not a factor.
Even taking them into account, prices were still unreasonably high, along with the fact that this has no impact on the production of goods overseas or digital distribution - which covered practically all of the products subject to the inquiry. Even when you account for other factors beyond wages such as paid leave and Pensions, prices were still unreasonably higher for Australian consumers.
They want the answers they expect. Not actual answers.
AP tests aren't about learning. They're about gaming the system enough to skip boring basic classes at uni and move on to the interesting stuff more quickly.
You kids also need to understand that you don't ever "get past" that whole "follow the system" thing. That's most of life in developed countries. Your skills/knowledge don't matter for shit if you can't get into and stay in the system.