Those kids had never taken an AP course. Had no intention of taking one. But they were motivated enough to enroll in an honors course. After a year in her class, the ones who respected and liked her also trusted her. Trusted her good intentions, her teaching ability, and her promise that she’d meet their efforts with her own. They held their breath—knowing she would assign much more homework than they were accustomed to getting, knowing they’d have to juggle after-school jobs and responsibilities to their younger siblings, knowing they’d relinquish time spent asleep or with friends to complete
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I never got the appeal of AP classes. The level of homework in regular classes is heavy enough.
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