ONLINE (during school year) Pre-calc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:online PE is not really easy, at least if you do it in the summer (I don't know anyone who has taken it during the school year).

My DC has taken PE during the summer and during the school year. The summer is a lot of work but it is busy work and totally doable. However, you need to take 4 or 5 weeks out of your summer to do it in order to make time for it. The up side to it is that it is out of the way and you never have to worry about it again.

Online PE during the school year is dragged on and seems like forever, but it is very easy and not time consuming at all.

but I digress...

[Anonymous]

If OP's kid is going into pre-calc but isn't very "math-y" why does everyone think she's a freshman or sophomore who has to take PE? Am I the only person on DCUM with a junior in pre-calc?

I agree with PP who recommended taking the class if the kid is one who won't need anything beyond College Algebra when she gets to college. My D actually had experience with both the regular pre-calc class in school and the online version (long story). The online version is much easier, there is little homework (10 problems due each weekend), and she did not cheat on her timed quizzes and unit tests. (There would have been questions if there was a big difference between those grades and the midterm and final grades). Some of the homework problems were difficult, but the material that was on the test was typically very basic (it had to be because they didn't cover it in great detail). It didn't seem like she spent a lot of time on it.

However, she didn't take it as an 8th class. She had 6 classes in school and left school early every other day.