Was talking to DS about school. The conversation went like this:
Me: Okay, you're doing health, physics, French, and history today. What about math (precalc)?
DS: I don't have any math homework.
Me: Light day?
DS: No. We haven't had any in a while because our teacher has been in the hospital.
Me: Yes, you told me that. But you have a sub, right?
DS: Yes. But there's no homework.
Me: Why not?
DS: She's just there to watch us. She told us that this is an honors-level class, and honors students should be able to teach themselves. So we've had to teach ourselves matrices and other stuff. [pause] A lot of the kids in the class didn't even sign up for it. They were forced into it because the non-Honors section was overloaded.
Me: WT#?!? She doesn't teach?
DS: Nope. But we watch the Khan Academy sometimes. But you can't ask questions from a video.
Okay, wise people whose heads aren't exploding at the moment. What would you do? Send an email to someone in charge at the school? The principal? The vice-principal? Someone else?
I'm assuming I'll have to hire a math tutor, given that my bandwidth is full to capacity right now.
ETA: And to add insult to injury, the school wouldn't give DS credit for the very rigorous algebra II course I taught him last year because I'm not "accredited." But it's
perfectly okay to hire a babysitter and say that their non-class "meets the standards."
