AnitaMcC Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) Okay, I am second guessing myself. My twins want to accomplish so much and I worry that it may be too much. Both will do: English 10 1 credit World History (with literature) 1 1/2 credit, Health 1/2 credit, Consumer Education 1/2 credit Ds will do: Latin 1 credit Algebra 2 1 credit then geometry 1 credit Chemistry Fundamentals, then Chemistry I, 2 credits (at CC) Geology or astronomy (got him to hold off the physics), 1 cr (at CC) Computer fundamentals 1/2 credit Intro to programming 1/2 credit Dd will do: Italian 1 credit Geometry 1 credit Biology I 1 credit at CC, then maybe another science second semester Music Appreciation 1 credit at CC, Music Music Fundamentals 1 cr at CC. Piano, Guitar, Drums class at CC(1 CC credit each) 1 credit for highschool. Then both are doing Kung Fu and confirmation classes Ds does bowling league. Ds wants to check out Civil Air Patrol, science olympiad, math competition. Edited July 7, 2009 by AnitaMcC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jann in TX Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Where I live "English" incorporates grammar, writing and literature. You have English AND Literature... for 1.5 credits... can you pare that down?--one semester of grammar with writing and one semester of lit with writing.... The science classes at the CC will contain the content of 1 normal 2-semester high school course. 2-3 HOURS each week day OUTSIDE of class needs to be set aside for study and homework/labs... Algebra 2 and Geometry are often taken the same year--but you need to set aside time for BOTH classes... To me your DS is overbooked and your DD is close... Can you hold off on Health and Consumer Education and offer them in a summer session? I see your son taking 9 SOLID classes each semester...most of his classes are memorization heavy...and will require LOTS of reading and homework...way too much even for a high-achieving 10th grader IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaMcC Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Where I live "English" incorporates grammar, writing and literature. You have English AND Literature... for 1.5 credits... can you pare that down?--one semester of grammar with writing and one semester of lit with writing.... The science classes at the CC will contain the content of 1 normal 2-semester high school course. 2-3 HOURS each week day OUTSIDE of class needs to be set aside for study and homework/labs... Algebra 2 and Geometry are often taken the same year--but you need to set aside time for BOTH classes... To me your DS is overbooked and your DD is close... Can you hold off on Health and Consumer Education and offer them in a summer session? I see your son taking 9 SOLID classes each semester...most of his classes are memorization heavy...and will require LOTS of reading and homework...way too much even for a high-achieving 10th grader IMHO They are both 9th graders... just a year ahead in English and math. Their English 10 includes grammar, composition, and a little bit of literature connections (using Writer's Choice student text). They are doing World History and I want them to read some world literature with it so figured they could get a 1/2 credit for that (just reading and discussions for the literature). But it is up to them if they want to do this in one to two school years (still will only count as 1 credit for world history and 1/2 credit for world literature). For Ds... math and science are his extreme strengths and science is his obsession (he has Asperger Syndrome). I am not worried about these subjects for him. He learns math/science like a sponge. He could easily complete algebra 2 and geometry in less than a typical school year. He will be doing algebra 2 first and then geometry then possibly start precalculus before the school year is up. He is a near genius in math/science. He just gets math/science intuitively. He has a near photographic memory so memorization is not a problem. For Ds science is extracurricular. I want him to take just one science course at the college but he is giving me a hard time about it. He is insisting on taking two science and/or computer courses each college semester. He is wanting to learn Latin... for fun. I just figure to give him credit for it-LOL. Dd is very big in music and wants to take as much music classes as she can. She will take one 3 credit hour class each semester at the jr college but also take once a week lesson for guitar, drums, clarinet, piano, and voice either at jr college or private lessons. For her this is just fun and extracurricular-LOL. They want to do year round schooling and we are getting started next week on a light schedule. I could hold off the consumer ed and health or have them do these at a slower pace (maybe do each for 50 minutes a week). So that will make it more manageable. But honestly I have no idea how I can make them do less... they are so stubborn and Ds is beyond stubborn when he sets his mind to something. I just don't know how to make sure they set them selves up for success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I'm with Jann in thinking that it is a heavy load; it certainly would have been for my daughter. However, you know your own children best and their capabilities. My suggestion? Begin as you have planned and scale back if necessary. Your children will not want to skimp on the community college classes (since those grades will be important for college applications or transferring). If, however, they find that those classes take too much time and effort, you can decrease their community college class commitments the second semester while giving more attention to the home classes that may have received short shrift initially. Good luck with this new adventure! Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaMcC Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 I'm with Jann in thinking that it is a heavy load; it certainly would have been for my daughter. However, you know your own children best and their capabilities. My suggestion? Begin as you have planned and scale back if necessary. Your children will not want to skimp on the community college classes (since those grades will be important for college applications or transferring). If, however, they find that those classes take too much time and effort, you can decrease their community college class commitments the second semester while giving more attention to the home classes that may have received short shrift initially. Good luck with this new adventure! Regards, Kareni Thank you everyone for your inputs. Karen, I will do as you suggest. Start out as planned and go from there. The cc classes will come first along with their English and math at home. The rest we shall see... I have talked to the kids and they are insisting on doing it as they planned. They say they want to get more done in the first two years so they can do college full time the last two years of their high school. I so desperately hope they are not going to be disappointed in themselves if they don't meet their plans. I don't want to discourage them so I haven't told them my doubts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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