Personally, that's why I liked AP courses in high school. After my AP Chem class, most of my college courses were straight forward, because my AP Chem class established and pushed good study and work habits because you needed those to do well and my teacher designed our course to help build them. Maybe in this case acceleration should mean challenging and building up students without overwhelming them?
I failed a semester of AP english because I didn’t do weekly homework. I never really had to bother with homework before as a pass/fail requirement.
I had to drop AP Calc for another class to get my required English credit that semester. It was astoundingly basic. “Circle the right word” worksheets with “Joe [is/are] an astronaut.” I would do the work and pass out at my desk. The other students would slide the paper out from under my arm and copy my answers.
