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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I would assume it's not just poorly funded, but that the decision makers have a strong interest in what gets focus.

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I had some classes entirely directed by the AP tests. My AP us history teacher took each years test and calculated the percentage of questions per period.

So we spent an absurd time on reconstruction

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

So we spent an absurd time on reconstruction

tbf, there are worse periods to focus on

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago*

I wouldn't say we actually covered much of anything beyond factoids to be repeated.

No real understanding of the period

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