School Abusing Student talents. Help?

My high school is preety competitive with smart students. However, my school is taking these students for granted. This year, nearly 100 of high-potential students who meet the requirements and tried out for classes. Our school does not accept student based on qualification but the avaliable spots.





More than 100 students tried out for AP US History(the most taken AP) and only 45 students made it in. Other committed students in large numbers got rejected by this heartless teacher who doesn't care. I wrote a polite letter to her asking for a reason when I am currently enrolled in AP Art History as a sophomore. I got no response and my letter was turned to the counselors to waste.





The same goes for AP English, only a selected amount of students made it in. The careless teacher did not even request for previous essays and only based us upon a two hour test.





I contacted the Superintendent, counselors, and teachers about not having enough AP. They didn't care. I am screwed...

School Abusing Student talents. Help?
I do not believe you are insulting all teachers. Yes there are a lot that do care and some that don't. I know for I have 2 teachers in my family and more to come. I have seen first hand some teachers and principals abuse ( Yes I said Abuse ) their power. I have gotten 2 principals removed and 1 teacher. I have also filed numerous complaints on others that don't do their job. I know times have changed and some areas to work in is harder. If you don't like your job get out.





This question deserves an answer. My recommendation for you is to get your school manual and read over it. Which by the way I have had to quote to some teachers. If you do not find the answer, write to the school board and ask them. Inform them if they can not respond that maybe your local TV station can. Do let them know that you would much rather them just give you the answer ( which someone at the school should have done ). Be sure your parents agree with this first and have them sign your letter as well.





It is so nice to see someone so eager to learn. Don't give up and Good luck in your future.
Reply:I will continue to talk with other people in my family and see what else I can do to help. Also, don't forget to let your parents know what steps they can take to help you. Report It

Reply:Don't ever insult teachers by believing that they don't care. They became teachers precisely because they do care, and care very much. I've worked at a school (as staff, not a teacher), and I've seen the tremendous amount of work that teachers put in, and how dedicated they are to student learning. Your learning means a great deal to them.





You need to step out of your own perspective, and think about it from the school's perspective. Yes, it would great if all the students who wanted to take a class could... but it just isn't realistic. Schools don't have an infinite amount of money - they can only afford so many teachers, and those teachers can only teach so many classes, which means only so many students can be in each class. When you get to college, you'll see this happen almost daily - you won't be able to get the classes you want or need for your major when you need them, because they are simply too many students and not enough teachers.





Also, not everyone who wants to take AP is ready to take AP - it's an extremely rigorous program, and teachers have to cut the students they believe are less likely to excel under the pressure. The English teacher was probably well aware of the general writing skills of each student, but wanted to see how well they perform under pressure (such as a timed exam), because AP courses are all about delivering quality results in a short amount of time under high pressure.





Do you have $70,000 dollars right now? "What?!? Of course not!" you say. Well, that's what it would probably cost to have another AP-qualified teacher at your school. Your school doesn't have that much extra money sitting around either. So instead of blaming the school for not providing what you want, try to find a way to provide it for yourself. Ask if you can take an accelerated course at the local community college. Find out what text the AP class is using, get a copy, and do the assignments, even if you can't attend the classes, and ask the teacher if she has time to review your essays, even if you can't earn a grade on them. You can probably still take the test even if you don't take the class.
Reply:Sounds like neglect possibly more than abuse.





Abuse would be if you were for example talented at maths and the school was making you tutor less talented students without pay.





Neglect is when you aren't given the attention you deserve.





I've heard it is a problem in some asian places like china where school is quite competitive. So the students go overseas to get educated instead after getting rejected in their own country.





No offence but your english in the following two sentences do not suggest high potential. Sounds like typical errors.





"This year, nearly 100 of high-potential students who meet the requirements and tried out for classes. Our school does not accept student based on qualification but the avaliable spots. "





The first sentence doesn't make sense...





Perhaps what you mean is





This year there were close to 100 high-potential students trying out for classes who met the minimum requirements [such as scoring more than 50% on a test] but were rejected due to numbers issues; there was only enough room for the top students in these classes.





A lot of people pass the tests but the school is unable to accept everyone and only has room [or "spots", or "positions available"] for those with the best scores.