She sees no problem with Ghost taking science classes at local HS.There is a charter HS within two blocks of our school and HS P has kids at our school. P thinks she will be very open to accomodating Ghost. BUT, she also suggested that Ghost might take 9th grade science at our school, which is Earth Sciences. She gave us the book and asked to think about it. To me the book looks also like something he can cover within a period of a few weeks. Also, Earth Sciences is not a prerequisite to any other science courses. Is it important? I think it is.
Ania
So much depends on the teacher. DS11 is doing Earth Science this year, with an into to Chemistry and Physics. I expect them to keep feeding the kids information - there were memorizing almost all the bones in the body last year! If the book looks very superficial, it would be good to find out (how?) if the teacher goes into more detail or sticks to what's in there. My thought is, why mess around with something that looks "too easy" right from the begining?
Yes, it is my experience that Earth Science doesn't get built on during High School. When I went to High School the 9th graders who were "college prep" took Earth Science, but the "honors" kids who were headed towards AP Physics and AP Chemistry skipped it. Of course that was a long time ago!
BTW - Congradulations on DD's subject accelerations. Sounds like you are off to a good start!
smiles,
Trinity
