> Especially because it forced my high-school math teacher to think more about preparing students for college-level work. I think the intended preparation is a

> Especially because it forced my high-school math teacher to think more about preparing students for college-level work. I think the intended preparation is actually really important. With AP the flow is Learn ch2 algorithm > learn ch3 algorithm>...> do well on test > not have to take calc in college. If you actually prepare a course for rigorous understanding, I suspect you might end up sacrificing your AP score somewhat for much greater gains later on. However, the system only cares about that short term result.