Mrs. Roderick's Interview:

The parts that students have most problems with are seeing beyond the literal, writing and thinking in detail, formulating refutations or opposing arguments, and gaining experience through reading non-fiction and viewing a variety of news shows. Mrs. Roderick thinks the hardest part of teaching the subject is, getting students to follow directions that are very detailed and multi-layered. She also says the that easiest process is teaching grammar to her students.

"When you first became a teacher, was it difficult to teach the process?"

Mrs. Roderick states, "By the time I began teaching AP Language, I had about 18 years of teaching experience, yet - with all that experience, AP presented many challenges then I have faced before. So yes - at first teaching students to think on an AP level was difficult. Now getting many of my students to think is difficult for other reasons; culture/social networking impacts on thinking habits, working part-time jobs, and co-curricular activities overload for some."