littlemommy Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 If you have a student who is in the 2nd year of Classical Track at the Potter's School, can you comment on how it has been for your student so far this year? I have a ds who is in the first year right now, and I'm not sure about continuing next year. One question is ~ is your student taking any AP classes or doing AP course work in addition to the rigorous work load of CT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemommy Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 No one is in 2nd year of Classical track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profmom Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 My dd is in the 2nd year of CT. It's a great, quality program! She isn't taking any AP classes with it, but I'm looking into options like that for next year. Right now she's stressed because she's working on a research paper for CT and getting behind in some other subjects, which she'll need to catch up this weekend. As much as we love the program, we are reevaluating everything for next year because of the amount of time her current schedule has required. She is taking all of her classes at TPS, though -- Algebra II, Chemistry, Spanish II, CT, and so it's not necessarily the CT alone that is too time-consuming. I think right now dd is stressed and procrastinating some, which, of course, is causing her more stress. However, she's still maintaining As. What are you thoughts about not continuing? Just to allow more time for AP and possibly dual credit? Dd has loved CT, but it's definitely challenging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemommy Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 My thoughts are the same as yours basically. Although it's a great program and the teachers and students seem to be wonderful, it's just very time consuming, not that it's a bad thing. My ds also takes everything except Geometry from TPS. Next year if he continues, he'll have classes from CT Yr2, plus French 3, Alg 2, Chemistry, and Logic. I know quite a few students who attend public school in the tenth grade are taking 4 AP classes. They're spending a lot of time studying, however, they can or are suppose to take the AP exams or the SAT Subject tests. My ds is spending a lot of time studying, however, the classes are not AP classes. The very selective colleges require homeschoolers to take either the AP exams or the SAT subject tests for admission. On the other hand, our kids are not being prepped for AP's until Junior or Senior year in the history and English department. I suppose my son can take AP classes in math and science, but there is no time. Maybe I'm worrying too much. I just hate for him to cram 3 AP classes and Classical Track classes in his senior year. And yes, my ds also loves his CT classes. By the way, who is your dd's Chemistry teacher? My ds will be taking Chem next year. Sorry about all the rambling. It's been on my mind for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profmom Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Dd says Mrs. Selby for Chemistry! She has Mrs. Weeks for class and Mrs. Selby for Chemistry Problem Solving. She likes both of them, but lately Mrs. Selby has given her some extra help on some problems that were giving her trouble. When she asked a friend last year, she was told Mrs. Weeks, so you really can't go wrong with either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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