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My ds took AP Lang with Brigid Thompson at Blue Tent a couple of years ago - fantastic course with an excellent instructor.  Does anyone have any experience with the new teacher, Lisa Glover, for any of her BT English courses?  It appears that her reading list is the same as Brigid Thompson's (which was great), so now I'm just searching for some reviews or feedback on Lisa Glover as an instructor...

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Just now, fourisenough said:

No, that was DD’s first class with her. DD took AP Lang & AP Lit with Mrs. Serbicki from PAH.

I would be interested in knowing how your DD thought they compared as instructors.  My DD is considering an English major in college, so I'm hoping this senior year AP Lang class will prepare her well.  Would love to know your DD's thoughts (although I realize they taught two different classes).

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@Joyful_Journey I just asked my daughter, and I will let you know what feedback she shares. Mrs. Serbicki‘s classes are lean, solid, and low fuss. I think my daughter learned a lot from her. Dr. Glover‘s class was a bit lighter by design and fairly easy/fun. I can’t really shed much light on their teaching styles, as my daughter is very independent (and lived away from home during high school so I wasn’t involved day-to-day). I think both were thorough, detailed graders. DD earned a 5 on Lang AP exam and a 4 on Lit after doing Serbicki’s classes with no additional prep. 

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14 hours ago, Joyful_Journey said:

@fourisenoughthank you!

Okay, here is DD’s feedback (texted from her phone). She’s working as a summer camp counselor right now and is definitely out of school mode, so it’s pretty rough and brief. Hope it’s helpful.

“sorry I saw this yesterday but just remembered it. my brain is not in school mode so I don’t know how much info I can give. I’d say serbicki was a little more hands on with teaching. we received faster feedback from glover though. dr glover was definitely an easier grader in my opinion, but her notes were more in depth. I preferred the completely asynchronous format of dr glover’s class, however the recorded classes from serbicki were somewhat helpful. I didn’t utitlize them much, but I think a different student would have felt they were neccessary for learning the material. if i think of any more differences i’ll let you know.”

FWIW, my DD did Serbicki’s class fully asynchronously by not attending classes live and only skimming the recordings. She came into AP Lang as a sophomore with excellent, fast reading and writing ability. The differences she points to in their teaching/grading could easily be accounted for by the very substantial difference in the purposes of the classes; HSE at BT is designed to be a lighter, easier 12th grade English class by already strong readers/writers.

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On 8/5/2022 at 10:50 AM, fourisenough said:

Okay, here is DD’s feedback (texted from her phone). She’s working as a summer camp counselor right now and is definitely out of school mode, so it’s pretty rough and brief. Hope it’s helpful.

Thank you!  This is super helpful!

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