We have a huge problem in our local community colleges, especially when it comes to graduating high school seniors that have taken honors or advanced placement courses in HS and then they go into college. They've worked very hard and struggled through the advanced placement courses while in HS, but then they are still forced to take prerequisite classes in college. It turns out that many of these prerequisite classes are nothing more than review for them.
This causes several problems. First, the college student who wants to really learn, gets bored, loses interest in school and gets quite frustrated. Especially considering that they want to get into a four year school they have to take the other classes, but before they take the other classes they must complete prerequisites which are copy classes from what they had in high school.
The colleges say; "We have to make sure the students know this material otherwise they will fail the upper classes." Whereas, this may be true, it negates the entire purpose of having advanced placement courses in HS. Students that work hard in high school should get a leg up on the world not be penalized for their academic sacrifices.
Next, another problem that occurs is that many of the former Advance Placement students in the prerequisite classes, hurt the grading-curve for the other kids who are just now being introduced to this material. This makes it harder for the other students that did not take advanced placement trying to complete the prerequisites.
In fact, it turns out to be unfair to everyone involved, all the students that is. The community college of course, doesn't see a problem because they have filled up all their classrooms and created more revenue in fees. I am very troubled by all this, how about you?
My basic arguments are as follows;
- Wastes time
- Costs the students money
- Delays students from working
- Unfair Advantage to some students
- Makes College completely boring and uneventful
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