The high schools in the county where I live start students out with a science course in 9th grade that is not recognized as a science course by the Maryland university system or by any other college my kids were interested in. It is mish-mash general science course which can actually be a great course if taught right or a nothing course if the teacher just goes by the book. But it is not a "recognized" science course -- which are generally limited to biology, chemistry, physics, and the AP versions of those. Some universities require 3 years, some 2 years of HS science. Same thing happens in math. Some schools require 3 years of math -- but don't count anything but algebra, geometry, trig, and calculus. Some require 3 years of a foreign language. And so on. The general science course counts within the HS for credit to graduation, but not for meeting prereqs for college other than that one graduate from HS. This strikes me as absolutely unremarkable and fully proper. Steve -- Prof. Steven D. Jamar vox: 202-806-8017 Howard University School of Law fax: 202-806-8567 2900 Van Ness Street NW Washington, DC 20008 http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/jamar/ "The aim of education must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life achievement." Albert Einstein |
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