The Problem with APs
In a letter to the “Los Angeles Times”, a concerned citizen, Robert Hayes, addresses the importance of advanced placement classes in high schools across America. In his opinion, AP courses are a “more valid measures of academic ability.” I disagree. They are a crisis growing rapidly. Too many students obsess themselves over them. They don’t enjoy the classes, and spend all their time studying for them. High school is a time to be rambunctious. Students should participate in classes and activities that best suit their individual tastes; rather than, pursuing AP credit in classes they loathe. Doesn’t this sound ridiculous? At Arcadia High School, where I graduated from, this was the norm. The most popular colleges to apply to were Universities of California and Ivy Leagues; if a student without AP Physics, English, and Calculus applied to them they would be snickered at by their peers. It is a shame that most colleges would not hesitate to accept a student with outstanding AP credit over a 3.0 grade point average.