<p>Yeah, I live in Florida and we have the Florida Virtual School where students can take courses for free. I took the AP Microeconomics class online this summer, and I’ld have to admit that it was not thorough at all. The only way to truly succeed and love the material in this class is to read the online textbook many many times. The teachers are there to help.. but it’s not like a traditional high school setting. I have had friends take other classes online and none have scored above a 3 on the AP exam.</p>
<p>So… if your S decides he wants to take the class for getting credit, then I would recommend doing so, but if he is very interested in economics and wants to major in economics, then I would suggest against it. But this is based only on my experience with FLVS (not sure how other online schools work).</p>