Reply #39: While I believe that the high school curriculum [View All]

should be rigorous and prepare students for the challenges of college, I respectfully disagree about the AP and honors classes. My nephew attends NYU and got in without a single AP course. When he was a junior in high school, he began taking summer courses at the local community college for credit. He entered NYU with several general ed courses already completed and is doing very well there.

By the way, while I generally agree with your assessment that a high school education isn't enough anymore, I don't think college is necessarily the key to riches for everybody, either. My brother-in-law, who is a plumber by trade, earns more than his brother, who is an engineer.