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<p>You clearly know nothing about online high schools if you think there’s no group discussion, and you haven’t visited many brick and mortar schools if you think that the discussion there is truly meaningful. That’s all I’m saying - it’s really a shame that you jump to ridiculous conclusions with what appears to be no experience with the subject.</p>
<p>I didn’t say that.
You said that you preferred to be your own teacher. I was pointing out that for certain fields of study, you really can’t be your own teacher.</p>
<p>I’m sure you can have a meaningful discussion without being face-to-face with your colleagues, in much the same way as you can have a meaningful relationship via email.</p>
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<p>That’s why I said 75% of the time. I don’t know why I am bothering to respond, given that you have clearly not bothered to read my posts. Being able to smell someone’s breath doesn’t make a conversation any more meaningful. Some of us will always be stuck in the 1500s, but I guess that’s life. Then again, a lot of letters and treatises were written via snail-mail in the 1500s. People can - and do, for the record - have successful long-distance relationships (I have had one myself), so I’m not even sure if you were attempting to degrade discussions.</p>
<p>I don’t think all virtual high schools are created equal. Stanford’s EPGY is probably a lot different than the OP’s Continental Academy which costs about $350 and offers completion of a high school diploma in 4-8 weeks. OP, none of us know your reasons for choosing virtual high school. Can you switch to one that might be accredited or have a more rigorous program such as EPGY or a virtual school accredited by your state?</p>
<p>I agree. Not all virtual high schools are created equally by any means. Either are all brick-and-mortar schools.</p>
<p>That is true, applicannot. However, continental academy, from what I read in the link, doesn’t sound like a virtual school that would help a student get into a competitive college.</p>
<p>I’m not disagreeing with you at all. I just don’t understand the blanket attack on virtual schools - some are good, some are bad. Some brick and mortar schools are good, some are bad.</p>
<p>Once again, that’s true, applicannot. However I think that some on this thread who seem to have more of a blanket approval of virtual schools didn’t read the link.</p>