I’m so tired of my US History class. We’re approaching WW1, and my teacher is talking about communism. Firstly, he’s a hardcore liberal, but oh my goodness for him to teach AP, he doesn’t even SOUND like he knows what he’s talking about. His articulation and the way he talks, along with his word choice just shows he doesn’t know shit about communism.
Today he was talking about communism and I told him “communism is a moneyless, stateless, classless society.” Then he said “no, communism is where EVERYTHING is equal.” Then I proceeded to tell him that there’s different types of communist ideologies apart from the one he’s talking about, such as Anarcho-communism who believe that “true” communism is accomplished by dictatorship of the proletariat, however without a class and state. He ignored that then went back to his flawed point where communism is where “everything is equal” and that the “government controls everything, not a market.”
Then he proceeded to ask the class “What if I graded you all like a communist? Everyone in here would have a B.” And everyone was like “OH NO NO NO!!”
It’s just so ugh… He sounds so dumb it pisses me off, and the students just gobble that bullshit up, which pisses me off even more.
AP is Advanced Placement. It’s a special type of class here in the US run by a “nonprofit” that makes profit called CollegeBoard. Every student here hates CollegeBoard with a passion. They’ve done things such as set up a fake subreddit for studying before the test at the end of the year, and then automatically failed everyone in it because they were “cheating”. They then bragged about how many people they caught “cheating”. These tests are extremely expensive and you are basically just paying for more work. If you pass the test, then depending on which college you decide to attend, you MIGHT have a higher GPA if they factor it into their calculation, which MIGHT give you a better chance of getting in. In order to even have the ability to take that chance, you have to stress yourself with extra work, then overpay for every single test for every subject in which you have AP, then stress yourself even more with a test that lasts hours. More important tests cost more.
Glad I don’t have CollegeBoard in the Philippines.
You can probably take AP exams in Philippines if you want. People outside the US take them if they are seeking admission in an American college.
Nah, I don’t need to waste money in an expensive private college,
WHAT?! These tests are paid?! No way… sigh… I’m in two AP classes…
You don’t have to take them. It will just count as a normal non-AP if you don’t. Of course, that does mean it’ll be a lot of extra work for no reason, but still. This is why CollegeBoard is the worst.
Edit: Also, depending on your school and which district it’s in, they might pay part of the cost depending on your family’s income.