For last few years I have had first year students write an end-of-semester reflection on how their definitions of reading and writing have changed due to my course. Not once has a student - AP or not - said what they learned in high school was akin to what I teach. 1/x
Many students said they took an AP or even got credit. But all said that writing was taught to them with a formula or some easy way to follow. I'm not knocking HS teachers. They likely are doing as I do, but often are pressured by exams to force formulas more than freedom. 2/x
My students are a combination of dual enrollment and tier 3 applicants. Also from a state that has end of course HS exams with a writing assessment with an argument emphasis 3/x gadoe.org/Curriculum-Ins…
I point this out to say HS and college are not the same nor should they be. College should add elements and views and ways of thinking opposed to, affirming of, and wildly different than HS. If it doesn't, no one will think it is worth the rising costs. /end
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