[honeychile]

I think there's another good reason for taking AP courses: boredom. Some of the smartest students who take an easy course will get so bored that they never learn the material and end up losing out completely. There was an absolutely brilliant girl in my school who didn't want to take AP or college prep - and dropped out halfway through our junior year. And no, she wasn't pregnant - too many people saw her asking if they wanted fries with that!