Weekly post 1:

Let's start easy: why are you taking this course? What do you hope to get out of it? What impressions from the first day bolstered your confidence? Which scared you?

Weekly post 2: Too many AP courses?

The linked article defines a current debate and dillemma among educators and student alike: In this current political push for schools to increase the number of AP students (the scores on the tests are not factored into AYP results) how many AP courses is enough and for whom are these courses best suited?

Read the article closely, then write one response to the article. Your response should raise questions, challenge the content, author or evidence, or qualify or verify the content. Your response should NOT summarize the article. The best posts support their opinions with personal or cited evidence.

Then check back later and reply to at least one other post by the end of the day FRIDAY.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/AR2007020600738.html