AP Maths
So apparently our school not only wants not to run AP Calc next year, but they're thinking of not running MCR3U2. And the reasoning behind it is, to put it bluntly, retarded.
They want the people who would otherwise take AP Functions to take the U course in order to increase the U course's averages. Because, of course, averages are EVERYTHING, and what the students themselves want has absolutely no importance. What the hell! They're limiting our knowledge and achievement potential by making us be a part of a program that is of a lower standard. I mean, if you want high averages, you might as well make the whole school take COLLEGE math! People who take AP take it because they WANT the enriched program it offers; they WANT the challenges it provides. The administration is ignoring the real reason why the U averages are low -- that is, people taking the U course who should be taking the M or C course. Make THEM take the lower level course, not the gifties.
I, for one, am going to do two things: 1) complain to Eschle about it (being a gifted teacher, I'm sure he wouldn't be indifferent to something like this, and he has way more influence than any of us), and 2) get my parents to call the school and complain. I suggest EVERYONE do that, because they're way more likely to listen to our parents than they are to listen to us. Also, we should like organize a day where everybody goes to complain to the principal during their lunch, to the point of annoying them. Or make a petition, or something. And go join the facebook group; too lazy to find the link but balh. AGH you can tell I'm really pissed -______-.
