Home school/Online school for HS

[buffettbride]

Sorry...posting from my phone which made it hard to read the all the detail in the thread. Didn't think you had a problem with "sin" My revised suggestion is to push your school HARD for a solution. If this is really a liberal arts minded school you would think they are familiar with finding educational solutions for students rather than using a cookie cutter approach. Good luck

A wise philosopher once sang/wrote -I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun...

You know that only the good die young

I'll hazard a guess Mal would prefer not in this case...

Another wise philosopher also wrote - "We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control"

Ah touche' might i add to that from a great Jersy philosopher-

Well, we bursted out of class
Had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a 3-minute record, baby
Than we ever learned in school
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes
And follow your dreams down

That same Jersey philosopher also wrote about education gone wild:

Then I got mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteen birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No flowers no wedding dress
That night we went down to the river
And into the river wed dive
On down to the river we did ride

What happened to plain 'ol "Math Sux"

[sunseeker]

I was lucky in some ways since I wasn't on the "college prep" line at high school and my future wasn't ruled by ACT and SAT test scores.

Her written/verbal SAT will weigh more heavily than her math scores. If she goes to a conservatory, the SAT won't matter at all. In fact, at a conservatory, she doesn't even have to take math. The most math she'll probably ever have to take is College Algebra--but probably more like Math for Actors.

She's leaning toward a university or small college, though. Her biggest indicator of getting into a school she wants is her theatre audition.

Mal, having worked for years in admissions at a small college, they DO take in to consideration the Math scores equally with the verbal scores. Yes, the audition will matter there too, but the SATs still play a very important role. And all will need a certain level of high school math before they accept her. You are very wise in getting her the math preparation she will need to attend a liberal arts school. All will require some college math even with a theatre major. Now a conservatory is a different subject...

[The Lost Manatee]

My daughter attended high school online due to medical issues. She graduated with a 3.4 GPA, speaks German and Arabic, took math through Trig, opted not to do Calculus. She loved it because it was very interactive, including a VoIP program, white boards, etc. It allowed her to attend class from anywhere in the world, as long as she could connect to the net. There were online tutors for all subjects and they were available pretty much round the clock. It was a lifesaver. The underlying program was the K12 program however there were enhancements that the school provided. It was originally supposed to be for kids in rural parts of the state and yet about 50% of the students were from the urban areas and most surprising, most were not the traditional homeschoolers.

What was the program?

Your daughter and my daughter have the same disease.

The school was the Utah Virtual Academy and they used K12 online school software and support, while adding another layer of teachers to what was offered.

Our daughters do suffer from the same ailment, although mine also suffers from severe migraines, which is what ultimately caused her to be homeschooled.