Will you take gym, music, art in high school/
I have to be honest, my daughter dropped gym because she wanted to take other credits.
My son was good in music but also dropped music for the same reason. He did take gym.
In mapping out your credits, do you think you might drop one of these subjects?
This came out of a discussion with other parents who were upset to see their kids no longer taking arts and phys ed courses because of time limitations. We were all very concerned because our kids, boys especially were not getting the physical activity that we thought they should.
Also, if you are in a semestered school, you might not take gym or math for an entire year!
Your thoughts,
Catherine
posted by teens@mpl @ 11:28 p.m.
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i know that i'm not taking gym again, for the sheer distaste of the subject. it's not that i don't like being active, but i'd rather excercise on my own time, in my own way, and i really HATED health. and as for electives, i always take as much visual arts as i can, because it's my favourite subject!! i'm at a semester school, which is sometimes hard not to have your favourite classes for half the year, but it comes in handy when i get a break from subjects i hate...hem,hem...math. it works both ways.
Mina,
No problem for dropping gym. The courses you chose sound great. As jen said, you can get physical exercise on your own time.
Jen,
No one ever mentioned that point that if you don't like the course, you have a little break from it.
My daughter took the arts courses as well. She is a great photographer.
Catherine
My son had chemisty, math and coop, last semester.
He was tired from co-op so the afternoon was a long day.
mina,
I love that you can work out on the elliptical. I would be falling over, every few minutes.
We had a Nordic track, years ago. I am so uncoordinated.
catherine
Isabelle,
You have a heavy course load. too bad you have such few options.
the one thing I like about IB program is although you have a lot of volunteer hours to complete, you do have a great deal of flexibility in what you can do.
I like the fact the program aims to look at the person as a whole, not just an academic study machine.
catherine
Mina,
IB is International Bacculaureate Program. I am not sure if I am spelling it correctly.
This is a program for students who might go to the States or Europe to study.
The students have a very heavy and intense courseload with expectations above the gifted program.
Their exams are done at a different time then regular school. I think they are not even marked by the school. I think they are sent abroad to be marked.
What do students hope to achieve by using this program?
One of the students I know said it makes it easier to get into US colleges and universities.
These students also tend to go for specialty fields where competition is tight.
IB gives them an edge over ordinary students.
Isabelle could probably explain this better.
My experience has been with the students from my son's school who I work with on councils.
Catherien
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