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scoop
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Posted: Wed Jan 9th, 2008 12:03 pm |
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My "is your courseload too heavy for next year?" chat last night did not go over very well. Any advice on these courses would be appreciated
Her current junior year schedule is
AP language and comp, honor us history, precalc, french 4, graphic design, honors chemistry, drawing 2/phsy ed
Next year she would like to take AP lit, AP Psych, AP Art History, Honors Anatomy and Physiology, Portfolio/Humanities, Univ of Connecticut French V(six college credits), and Government/Economics.
She is doing fine in all classes this year. Her plan is to apply to art school.
I suggested several options next year as I know she will have portfolio work and college applications. SHe will have a study hall three days per week. She does not want to drop Psych. For some reason, she has been wanting to take this class since she was a freshman. I questioned the AP English but she said she really enjoys the seminar style of the AP class and that she does not feel she has more work than honors english last year, just a different type of work. She could probably drop Humanities second semester as that is one of the english electives offered if you don't take AP, however that would be second semester and might not make that much difference during the busy fall. It would help when finals/AP testing comes along. She has exhausted the high school French curriculum and this UCONN class is all that is offered. She really wants to continue. She won't be able to continue with French in art school and she does not care for the teacher,the same teacher she has had for the past three years.
She told me "I always hear that you should take challenging courses and I want to take the most challenging thing for me". I discussed balance and that you had to look at the whole picture, not individual classes. She has already met with her guidance counselor and while he told her she had a big load, he did not suggest she change anything. I have asked her to speak to the art history teacher and find out how much summer work and work in general the class has. Any experience with this class? Art History ended up not even being offered this year as they did not have enough students sign up to run the class. I mentioned how much work she had this past summer and she said that now she realizes that she should have started earlier in the summer.
I told her to go ahead and get her AP forms filled out since they are due on Friday. I figured she has plenty of time to give it more thought and change her mind if necessary.Last edited on Thu Jan 10th, 2008 12:36 pm by scoop
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lfm
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Posted: Wed Jan 9th, 2008 06:22 pm |
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Well, AP Psych is supposed to be one of the less stressful AP exams. It is also quite interesting, from what I hear. My son is engaged with it.
Can she take french second semester? or summer school? Thus giving her a little more time.
She can also do a lot of her app in the summer. I think the common app came online last year on July 1.
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scoop
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Posted: Wed Jan 9th, 2008 08:55 pm |
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| Good to know about the AP exam. She is really excited about the class. Today she is considering dropping the university French class (full year and given at the high school). Actually, I told her to sign up for it and wait to see if they get enough enrollment to have the AP History class. I appreciate your note.
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limner
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Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 12:07 pm |
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scoop, it seems that it would be best to bow to your D's desires on her schedule. Although challenging, it doesn't seem over the top. (Of course, I don't know your D's school's set-up--my S's school was on block scheduling.)
Especially because she *wants* to take AP Psych and several of these other courses, I think she should take what she's interested in.
I once asked my son why he took AP classes, and he said it was because he wanted to be challenged. It sounds like your D feels the same way. I know she'll have plenty to do next year, but she'll probably manage it better (and more cheerfully) if her schedule is her choice.
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scoop
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Posted: Thu Jan 10th, 2008 12:33 pm |
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limner,
Yes, she does enjoy both the challenge and the atmosphere of those classes. My only concern is that her schedule is a little less challenging this year (little to no homework in design) and she does not get enough sleep, exercise or time to take care of other life details. She procrastinates much in life that is not about schoolwork and I just want to make sure she matures into an independent person who can manage her time wisely outside of school. I'm glad to know that you felt it was challenging but not an overload. We looked at the AP Lit syllabus and it sounds like something she would really like. Thanks for your feedback.
I forgot to add Government/Economics to the senior schedule in my original post.
I am not sure what our scheduling is called. The kids have all 8 classes on Monday and then they rotate, having six classes per day. She has each class four days a week.
Last edited on Thu Jan 10th, 2008 12:38 pm by scoop
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