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Old 05-03-2010, 01:30 PM   #71
ISiddiqui
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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA View Post
I'll pick on the Univ. System of Georgia for an example of what I'm talking about.

Starting with the (HS) Class of 2012, to be eligible for enrollment into most of the state's public universities, you must have

I'm not sure why you think I'm against that. I think that's a good and wide variety of subjects mandated. Now I'd like to have more social studies, but that's not a bad start.

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one of my biggest concerns is how "mile wide but inch deep" the experience can be, they end up piddling at a goodly number of things but getting insufficient depth to be of any significant value in a large percentage of those.

It's a valid concern, but I wonder how much depth you want to get into in high school. Not to belittle anyone who is or is married to a high school teacher, but the difference in 'depth' of subject from even AP high school classes and their corresponding freshmen college classes is night and day.
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