Hey there,
Both girls currently (and we all know that "currently" is a moment to moment thing) do not want to go to highschool, they want to HS right the way through. However, they are only in grades 6 and 7 (although my 7th grader is doing grade 6 work as she missed grades 5 and 6 - long story for another thread). I don't know if my 12 yr old would manage well, or at all, in a highschool environment, my 10 yr old would prob be ok. But we will cross that bridge next year or so. My feelings on it is HS them until college/university.. .what with drugs, guns, knives, police patrols, security guards, metal detectors, and then the general mentality that goes on between peer pressure, social biases, lack of respect, so on and so forth (note I said general, not all... I know there are decent, respectful, drug/alcohol free, anti-gun etc kids out there... )
Anyway....
I am going to look into virtual schools and see what we have in Canada/Ontario. It would be interesting.
OOO Shakespeare... I have ALL his works. I hated it in school, but like it now. However, being made to learn anything when one is not ready for it (on whatever level) is frustrating, agravating, and causes a lack of retention and usually sets kids up for failure as they have no interest and have difficulty memorizing for tests, and then future areas of study that are the same or similar are met with fear and dislike so it starts all over again... IMO at least.
Rambling again
Mischka
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Originally Posted by AAAAA
I’m glad you found your niche. I knew my boys would eventually return to mainstream school so I kept things right on schedule with their peers. We also enjoyed the freedom of sleeping in. But as I said, the virtual school my son attends is awesome as well. 90% of his classes are honors classes. He’s kind of bummed as we speak because he had to read then watch Midsummer Night Dream. I’m not a Shakespeare fan, hubby is though so he knows a lot more about it than I do.
And you’re right, the internet does provide tons of information, worksheets even. I don’t know how it is there but our library offers ebooks too.
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