<p>My D. a sophomore is going to schedule for junior year soon. She goes to a small HS with one track for Science in Honors and one track, non-honors. The offering are very small. The Honors track is F-Biology, S-Chemistry, J-Anatomy, and Senior-Physics. That's it, there are no other options. My D does not want to take Anatomy, she has been dreading Junior year since she was a Freshman because of this. </p>
<p>I have a call into her GC to see if she can do Post Secondary and take Chemistry at the local university. I don't know if they will be open to this idea or if it will fit into her schedule. Very few student take PS, mostly I believe, because the GC doesn't encourage it. She has no interest in Anatomy, she doesn't want to be a doctor. Also she has real problems with memorization and feels anxious taking tests that require regurgitating information. </p>
<p>I wonder if anyone has taken this track before and was it successful. My other quesiton is that her Dad thinks that she should take Anatomy. He thinks that it is a class that everyone should know and that it will work on her weaknesses. But I know if she takes Anatomy I will hear about it all year and I will be the one running interference between her and her father.</p>
<p>My D has even proposed taking Pre-calc in CTY long distance so that next year she could do Calc and Physics. I don't know if the school would go for that either. They do not as a rule want kids to accelerate. She is receiving an A in Algebra II and is not challenged but it is not a very high A. Meaning she has 95% average and to accelerate I think that they will tell her she needs to have almost a perfect average. The pre-calc teacher is much easier than the Algebra II teacher and I know that she will be bored but I don't know how to convey that to the school.</p>
<p>I feel that I am walking a tight rope. What to do that is best for my child while listening to my Husband and dealing with the school. I feel in a quandry and will be happy to hear any opinions that anyone would have.</p>
<p>I think anatomy would be very interesting and not just for those who are considering med school, but it is difficult if that is her only choice
what my D is doing is F Biology-S- Marine science-J-Chemistry and S- Physics
for chem for example there are three classes- regular honors and AP.
What is the junior offering for nonhonors?</p>
<p>The non-Honors sequence is F-Biology, S-Botany, J-Chemistry and Senior either Anatomy (the Honors and non-Honors are grouped in the same class with the grading scale lowered for non-honors) or Physics.</p>
<p>I have to say I agree with her re the tests
I was in massage school which required a cadaver anatomy class, and tests that consisted of an outline of a body and instructions to fill in all the large muscles etc, skeletal system etc, were impossible for me.
My school didn't allow accomodations at that time, but K-12 schools should and I would suggest that she talk to the teacher before she decides completely against it</p>
<p>I would also suggest "Stiff"
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From School Library Journal
Adult/High School-Those curious or brave enough to find out what really happens to a body that is donated to the scientific community can do so with this book. Dissection in medical anatomy classes is about the least bizarre of the purposes that science has devised. Mostly dealing with such contemporary uses such as stand-ins for crash-test dummies, Roach also pulls together considerable historical and background information. Bodies are divided into types, including "beating-heart" cadavers for organ transplants, and individual parts-leg and foot segments, for example, are used to test footwear for the effects of exploding land mines. Just as the nonemotional, fact-by-fact descriptions may be getting to be a bit too much, Roach swings into macabre humor. In some cases, it is needed to restore perspective or aid in understanding both what the procedures are accomplishing and what it is hoped will be learned. In all cases, the comic relief welcomes readers back to the world of the living. For those who are interested in the fields of medicine or forensics and are aware of some of the procedures, this book makes excellent reading.
Pam Johnson, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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a very thoughtful and humorous book about cadavers to perhaps get her to think about bodies differently
even if she doesn't want to go to med school, she does * have a body*, maybe she can think of it as an owners manual course ;)</p>
<p>would they let her take a study hall? I was thinking she could enroll in an online class (even AP biology or AP chemistry) and use the study hall time for that.</p>
<p>there are tons of places to do online classes (in addition to CTY -- which is excellent).</p>
<p>Then she could go on to take Physics in Sr. Year.</p>
<p>By the way -- is Physics Calculus based? Is that why she has to be taking Calculus concurrently? Because if it is Algebra based Physics, she certainly has enough math to do that.</p>
<p>Is the anatomy class required for high school graduation? It is obviously not a pre-requisite for physics, could she take physics next year instead? DS completed Honors Physics sophomore and did fine, but it was not calulus-based. The AP Calc C he is taking now is calculus-based. Does the school offer an earth science or environmental science class? </p>
<p>Could she fill in the opening for anatomy with an additional social science or possibly another foreign language. Daughter last year ended up with Spanish and Latin. </p>