Responding to the Gap

In to response to both Magic’s “Bridging the Pedagogical Gap…” and E’s response, from my personal experiences in high school (yes, I’m aware everyone has a different background of education) there were classes that taught the students how to interpret texts. As discussed in class, the AP classes is open for any student to enroll, and in, specifically, my AP class we read countless of novels and did just about the same work as in college or “authentic reading situations.” In saying that, I too agree that the type of classes I had in high school are more intriguing and beneficial, however, as discussed in class, the positives comes with negatives (extra work load). It seems as if the gap can be bridge by the students. The focus seems to play to heavily upon the teacher and after all, the secondary teachers graduated from postsecondary schools. If the students don’t care and have their minds made up to just know the basics then how is this gap ever to be sealed?