<p>I have room in my schedule to do a directed study for a semester and I was wondering if any of your schools have that option. What do you "study" in that class period? Apparently people at my school just do random things like origami. I just wanted to know some more options on what I can do for this class.</p>
<p>You might direct this question on the regular high school board. My (homeschooled) kid did a couple of courses that one would consider “direct study.” They were subjects that interested her and she pursued totally on her own. Her grade was based on her initiative, research, completeness of work, discussion of discoveries, analysis and organization of material, and a few other things more specific to her topic.</p>
<p>You asked for suggestions for options in your class. What is a passion of yours? What do you in your spare time? What subject interests you? When you spend time on the computer, what do you do? How does that translate into something you can use for your class? Your options really are endless, and your challenge is to narrow it down to a doable topic. Brainstorm. Just start writing down ideas and see what you come up with.</p>
<p>If you want more specific suggestions, perhaps you can share what you like to do. This is a fun opportunity for you to focus your study on something that truly can benefit you. And who knows? Maybe paper folding will come in handy for your classmates down the road.</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]Write a computer program[</em>]write a story[<em>]read all the works of Shakespeare/Whitman/author of your choice WITHOUT having to write papers[</em>]analyze the batting averages of whoever and tie them to temperatures / hurricanes / number of women in your state senate[*]go through historical pictures of the swallows returning to Capistrano and see if there are different numbers recently with global warming[/ul]</p>