To The Parents of AP Language and Composition Students

There has been some confusion expressed by the students in AP Language classes about grades and their implications. Students are under the impression that if they do not get A’s in all of their classes, they will then have no chance at getting into college. This is not the case.

One of the biggest obstacles faced this year – in this class, by these students – is the reality that there are grades other than A’s. The hardest part of coming to terms with this reality is accepting that these other grades – especially the B’s and the C’s – are perfectly good grades, and that, while it may seem as though we have been in school forever, we have only just begun.

Your children should be working harder in this class than they have been asked to do in the past; it is a challenging AP course. Please ask them what they are doing. Ask them to share their work with you. They are working hard, and they are learning hard. Please encourage them to pursue the art of learning and the gaining of knowledge, not simply the acquisition of an A.