Virginia is doing very well in school this quarter, getting all A's & B's, with the exception of her 11th grade AP Psychology class. She signed up for the class, because her father, a high school teacher, wanted her to take an AP class.
I am of the opinion that honors classes, as well as AP classes, are useless in terms of college acceptance, particularly for Virginia, considering she will spend her first two years at a community college, in order to save money.
Because she got an F, by the time interims came around, I thought we should have a chat with her school to see if she could change to an average psychology class. However, according to her vice-principal, we were too late. He was very helpful though. He was interested in seeing Virginia be successful in the AP class, because obviously she was intelligent enough to do well in her other classes. He said he would chat with her teacher & come up with a game plan that would include addition conversations with she would have with her teacher outside of class, tutoring, & perhaps alternative ways for her to learn the material.
All in all, I was very happy with the meeting. Everyone hears horror stories about the public school system & it's lack of support. I found none of that.
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