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> if college board is creating "college level courses" with problems that can be easily solved through whats still a fairly new technology, we need to reevaluate what we're teaching in schools.

I don't get it. AP calculus is problems that can be easily solved with what is now very old technology. The point of an AP test isn't that the problems are so difficult.

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These specific subjects shouldn't be solely about memorization, rather they should teach kids how to link that information together to solve problems (or in the case of history, avoid them in the future).

Thats the issue. The point of an AP test shouldn't be that the problems are difficult. But currently thats what it's all about. They're just trying to test that kids are capable of surviving a "rigorous academic curriculum".

[1] https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/ap-a-glance

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