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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]14:04, thanks for sharing.  It seems like we might have missed the boat.

I was also looking into online HS like Stanford and Davidson but all the Stanford info sessions are full!  What is that?  It’s an online session — how  can it be full?!  Also those will be so expensive.  [/quote]

The classes are limited because the professors really work with the kids/give homework feedback/have office hours, etc. The classes my son took were live where kids used chat to participate or microphones on the computer. One of his teachers last year used Blackboard to split a physics class into "small group discussions," then the kids would come back to the full class and present the conclusions of the small group.  It takes a minute to get used to having to wait for people to type but the  classes are truly interactive and feel like a seminar. It wouldn't work if they were huge. And again, at least my son's classes through Well Trained Mind Academy had a fair bit of homework, but the predictability of the structure really worked for my child. One possibility you may come across is that a lot of the classes will offer a "delayed" option where kids can watch a recording. These were not nearly as engaging for my son--being called on to participate definitely kept his focus.

For what it's worth, my son has very slow processing speed and high IQ like PP's son. His homeschooling years were by far the highest level/most rigorous he has had (even compared to FFX Co AAP) but he was able to be successful because he had so much more time and also could work in long blocks, which really suits his personality. Even before he started taking classes on-line, it was very easy to accommodate his strengths and his weaknesses with homeschooling. I totally agree with PP that you have to put a lot of thought and attention into homeschooling as a parent/instructor (and I have a background in education myself, which helped) but if you have a motivated student, it is also very rewarding.[/quote]

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