What Is The Difference Between De/Ap Level Classes

In high school, students get to choose what classes they want for each semester. Some classes are naturally harder than others, such as Dual Enrollment/Advanced Placement classes; while some classes are a little easier than others such as regular high school level classes. I have had exposure to both DE/AP and regular high school level classes throughout my high school career. There are many differences between DE/AP level classes and regular high school level classes such as expectations, classwork, and homework. In DE/AP level classes, everything is basically harder and more fast paced than regular high school level classes because they are college courses. College courses are, for the most part, more in-depth and go through the material
The expectations of DE/AP level classes are considerably more strict than regular high school level classes. These classes expect much more time and effort inside and outside the classroom. They expect all time spent in the classroom to be engaged in the lecture or spent doing classwork. All DE/AP level teachers will expect all time spent outside the classroom to be devoted to studying, finishing homework, or reading from the textbook. Even though the student might have homework from other classes or other plans, the teacher expects all free time to be engaged in his/her class and only his/her class. The class work of DE/AP level classes is surprisingly not as much as in amount of work and only a bit harder than regular high school level classes. Most of the time spent in class is used up by lecture and going over the material in-depth. Anytime left over from lecture is used up by one or two hard practice problems and any questions about the lecture. There is also the occasional one worksheet that students have to do before class ends, and if the worksheet is not done, it will be counted as late and points will be deducted.. The lecture portion
Regular high school courses are supposed to be less in-depth and more of a repetition teaching style. Regular high school level classes will spend weeks on one topic or chapter, do countless worksheets and problems, and still don’t expect the student to fully understand the topic or chapter. The expectations of regular high school level classes are considerably more lenient than DE/AP level classes. These classes don’t expect the student to be engaged inside and outside the classroom as much as DE/AP level classes. They have free time inside the classroom and have less strict rules than DE/AP level classes. High school teachers don’t expect all time outside of the classroom to be devoted to school work because they realize that students have lives unlike DE/AP level teachers. They also expect the student not to turn in some works on time and let them turn the works in late without any points being taken out. The class work of regular high school level classes is surprisingly much more in amount of work and a bit easier than DE/AP level classes. Most of the time spent in class is used up by doing a mind numbingly amount of worksheets and problems unlike DE/AP level classes that only do one worksheet. The time in the beginning of class is used for lecture. The lecture portion of the class is slow and