FWIW, I have humanities-focused kids too, and that default attitude (especially toward history) was a big problem in middle school. It’s much less of a problem in high school (and that was true in our local public HS as well), but there is still no choice at first other than honors vs. regular track. A few schools are flexible, but I think most don’t allow much choice for English and history classes the first two years. Anyway, I just wanted you to know that my thoughts on challenge, etc. have absolutely nothing to do with science or math. 