Help Justify Advanced Placement

[€uroMeinke]

IRAC? What the heck is that?

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

IRAC? What the heck is that?

Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC)

[Strangler Lewis]

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Hmm. Maybe that was from law school. But you get my drift. Thesis statements, organized paragraphs, orderly transitions. Not my strong suit at the time.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

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Hmm. Maybe that was from law school. But you get my drift. Thesis statements, organized paragraphs, orderly transitions. Not my strong suit at the time.

Ah yes, and I've been unlearning it ever since

PS - I believe the arrest came after we graduated, I'm pretty sure we did the Chemistry AP Test

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Ah yes, and I've been unlearning it ever since

PS - I believe the arrest came after we graduated, I'm pretty sure we did the Chemistry AP Test

No, I know he was arrested after we graduated. (I just checked the Megan's Law web site, and I can't tell if that's him.)

If you did AP chemistry, you did it without me.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

If you did AP chemistry, you did it without me.

Hmmmm - Damn false memories, don't feel like digging up the records - Maybe it was Biology? Ontogeny recapitulates Phylogeny, osmosis, ketosis, halitosis and all that skulduggery

[DisneyFan25863]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

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Hmm. Maybe that was from law school. But you get my drift. Thesis statements, organized paragraphs, orderly transitions. Not my strong suit at the time.

You never learned that in AP English? I'm taking AP Language and Composition now, and that was drilled in from the beginning.

AP History is pretty much a joke, though. Our teacher just rants about how unconstitutional the Patriot Act is and how we shouldn't have gone to Iraq, then assigns us an essay on some historical topic that she never addressed.

GD, maybe he is talking about the SAT II Subject tests? Also...did you take all 14 courses or just take tests on subjects you never took a class in?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by DisneyFan25863

GD, maybe he is talking about the SAT II Subject tests?

I'm guessing he's using "Advanced Placement" in a more literal sense (as in being placed in an advanced class) rather than referring to any test. From what I remember from conversations with other east coasters, they don't have specific classes geared towards the placement exams, whatever they're called (it's not the SAT II's, it's some other acronym test that we don't have in California), they just take honors courses and then take the tests.

Also...did you take all 14 courses or just take tests on subjects you never took a class in?

Micro econ was the only one that I didn't take the course for, I took the course for all the rest.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Maybe that was from law school.

Definitely from law school. Although it doesn't show up that much for us. Our school is so writing-focused that actually talking about IRAC is seen as a bit simplistic. We basically all know what to do, so when some kiss-up says during exam review, "do you want us to use IRAC?" we tend to look at him (it's always a him) as if he's sprouted a second head. No, not a second head - something really useless. Like a second appendix.

This derail brought to by a lack of sleep, too much grease, and a raging headache.