Online FLVS Honors Biology

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>I am currently preparing for a move across the country, from California to Florida. I will be an incoming sophomore. As a result of moving to an entirely new state, I am ahead in some subjects and behind in others, like science. My California school requires freshman to take Earth Science while the Florida school requires their freshman to take Biology, not even offering an Earth Science course. To make up for this, my future counselor has signed me up for two honors science courses.</p>

<p>Currently, for sophomore year, I am signed up for:</p>

<p>AP World History
Pre AP English
Algebra 2
Honors Biology
Honors Chemistry
2D/3D Art
Early Childhood Development</p>

<p>My new school requires all students to take at least one class with FLVS and my counselor said that taking Honors Biology online is definitely an option, but she did not recommend it as the course requires experiments. Her exact words were, "We wouldn't want you dirtying up your mother's kitchen, now would we?" </p>

<p>As of today, I am planning on majoring in International Relations or Political Science and am not very interested in lab sciences. My Earth Science class was designed to allow me to take AP Bio and AP Chem my sophomore year but my new school does not offer either of these classes.</p>

<p>This post is getting a bit lengthy, so I will sum it up like so, should I stick with my current schedule with two honors science courses within the regular school day, or take Honors Biology online and fill up both the Biology and online course requirement? I realize that either way, I will be taking two science courses each day but was wondering if having one after school, online, might ease up the load.</p>

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<p>Honors Biology isn’t a hard class, but I would take it on campus just because it’s an interesting class, and it’s really cool to be able to have discussions on genetics, biological ethics, and evolution with peers. Of course, that really depends on your teacher. </p>

<p>I’ve taken a couple of classes through FLVS, and it’s a pretty lame way to take a class that you aren’t interested in, mostly because of a lack of motivation. I would probably recommend taking your required online class during the summer between Sophomore and Junior year to get ahead on a subject or take a class that seems interesting to you.</p>

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<p>If you wanted to, you could take AP Biology on FLVS to not only fulfill both requirements, but also allowing you to take AP Bio which you originally planned for.</p>

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<p>I’m doing Honors Bio over the summer so I can do AP next year (soph), so we’re in the same boat!</p>

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<p>I will be calling my counselor today and with her approval, I’m going to try to take AP Biology on FLVS for all of the reasons above posted and also in order to take an extra AP.</p>