What AP Tests Measure

Annual exams indicate mastery of curriculum by college standards
By Donald Chan, News Editor
Many chastise the Advanced Placement (AP) Program for measuring one’s test-taking skills or for giving too much weight to a single three-hour exam, but its assessments are very similar to those of colleges and therefore have the same flaws. To solely criticize the [...]

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Intellectualism at the bottom

By Huy Dao, staff writer
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Shakespeare was wrong. Even if the world was a stage, not all of the people would be players. Sure, you might have the jock and the school coquette as the lead roles. The second-string benchwarmer and femme fatale might be their respective understudies. The school emo could even [...]

Conditions for changing classes

By Kim Ngai, Sabrina Syed, Tong Yan
Monday, April 21, 2008
Many students have questions on the conditions for changing classes. Listed below are the Guidance Department’s rules.

1. Student has not met the prerequisite for the course.
2. Student did not receive the required grade level course in his/her schedule.
3. Student does not have a minimum of five [...]