<p>Didn't get it Carolyn, it is about 6:20</p>
<p>I did want to add one last thought. Because she wanted to take a full academic core and couldn't fit in many art classes at school, my daughter supplemented her in-school art classes with classes through our city's art museum and workshops at a local art institute. She found many of these classes to be more valuable at building her art skills than the work she did in her introdutory level art classes at school. So, that may be another avenue for your son to consider KandK.</p>
<p>Cangel, It should be there now. I said I had sent it before I actually wrote it. :)</p>
<p>Carolyn, do you think it is necessary to take a year of physics? I will have a science class for senior year (AP Chem) but I was wondering if I should take a honors physics class also? I will have only gone up to chems otherwise. I am planning on majoring in english or writing.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>and sorry for "borrowing" this thread. :)</p>
<p>All,</p>
<p>A few more inquiries before the day ends! :) Rothke, you brought to mind another train of thought I have had. I know the pressure is on for kids to take the AP classes, yet, do colleges look less favorably on Honors level classes? I am hearing from parents of current seniors that it is sometimes better for a child to take an H level class and get an A/B rather than an AP class and get a B or C. My H (who teaches at a public HS) feels the teacher should be the one to determine the leveling as they best know the capabilities of the student. Yours and any other thoughts on this?</p>
<p>Northeastmom, well said. I think we are entering into the toughest balancing act as parents to date. How to not be "over the top" with involvement, yet be supportive and give good guidance. </p>
<p>Have any of your kids taken a Creative Writing class? How have they liked it? From S: Does it afford them the chance to really express themselves or are they bound by too many rules of writing essays? </p>
<p>Thanks again from both of us!</p>
<p>Creative Writing is not offered as a seperate class in our hs. It is only incoroproated into a general English class. It is a shame that we do not have classes like creative writing.</p>
<p>I enjoyed the class selection in my own high school. They had topics one could choose: mystery writing (learning to write mysteries, and we read mystery stories as well), Shakespere, another topic had to do with advertising, public speaking, poetry, creative writing etc. I really enjoyed English class being broken down into topics of interest. The teacher was still able to get in required reading, writing, and vocabulary building. Technically, the student could escape being exposed to something they were trying to avoid, which was a negative (ie: one could have gotten out of reading, or writing poetry entirely), but one had to take about 8/10 of the choices.</p>