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Sociology > Education |
| User: |
"Dom" |
| Date: |
25 Oct 2007 07:36:30 PM |
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The AP racket is booming |
Today, I was informed about the article at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/23/AR2007072301491.html
Sophomores who are completely clueless about history are taking AP
European History. Others are taking AP Physics without taking high
school physics. The AP racket is booming and has now spawned the pre-
AP racket-with extensive funding from ExxonMobil. The tutoring and
coaching businesses are expanding with the increased demand. Business
couldn't be better for pseudo-educators!
In the June-July 1995 issue of the American Mathematical MONTHLY,
Melvin Henriksen wrote a commentary (p 482) in which he stated: "What
is really making it more difficult to teach college level mathematics
is the rush to have calculus taught in high school, ..., and at the
price of not teaching basic algebra and geometry."
Another excellent letter, by Joan Reinthaler, was published in the
December 1999 issue of the AMS NOTICES, "Pressure To Study Calculus in
High School." This is available at:
http://www.ams.org/notices/199911/commentary.pdf
The letters follow the Commentary article.
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| User: "Rogue Scholar" |
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| Title: Re: The AP racket is booming |
28 Oct 2007 06:40:43 PM |
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On Oct 25, 8:36 pm, Dom <DR...@teikyopost.edu> wrote:
Today, I was informed about the article at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/23/AR200...
Sophomores who are completely clueless about history are taking AP
European History. Others are taking AP Physics without taking high
school physics. The AP racket is booming and has now spawned the pre-
AP racket-with extensive funding from ExxonMobil. The tutoring and
coaching businesses are expanding with the increased demand. Business
couldn't be better for pseudo-educators!
In the June-July 1995 issue of the American Mathematical MONTHLY,
Melvin Henriksen wrote a commentary (p 482) in which he stated: "What
is really making it more difficult to teach college level mathematics
is the rush to have calculus taught in high school, ..., and at the
price of not teaching basic algebra and geometry."
Another excellent letter, by Joan Reinthaler, was published in the
December 1999 issue of the AMS NOTICES, "Pressure To Study Calculus in
High School." This is available at:
http://www.ams.org/notices/199911/commentary.pdf
The letters follow the Commentary article.
During the campus activism of the 1970s I saw the present danger
coming,and for some very good reasons. Primary factor is fear of
getting involve when the very same activists could not get mainstream
career entry jobs. As a result there has been a steady errosion
within both the primary and secondary education levels. Moverover,
and in conjunction, with some exceptions like in in Ithaca, New York
teacher's pay really did not match the time and intellectual efforts
it takes to wake up minds at the early developmental ages of 5 to 8
years old - where we needed the best teachers around, not necessary at
grades 10 through 12.
Realizing this I have launched my own efforts through the Internet -
such as the International and National Cultural Fiesta Movement
http://www.quest2europe.com . Though its still developing,
nonetheless, it has a trigger mechanism I invite all you to discover
by getting your students involved; this could be their personal
discovery process.
Yours,
Mr. Roger M. Christian. Ithaca Dance Master phones:. 607 - 451 -
8663 / 607 - 279 - 9945
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