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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DS had a terrible time with DL in the Spring, he blew off assignments, goofed off during class and figured out that grades were going to be sort of "pass/pass" because of all the problems in DL (ie everyone seemed to get an A because it was so hard for everyone).

He was convinced the fall would be equally low-bar and he could coast and do basically nothing all day, and figured out a way to chat with his friends using shared Google Classroom docs.

We both work out of the house so couldn't monitor him all day, though we did lock up all computers other than his APS tablet when we left, so at least he wasn't gaming.

But in the end we decided to home school.  I get home from work and then spend 3 hours drilling in a mail order curriculum we bought on line, and I think he is learning *something*.

He actually was a good student in the before times, he just feels that everything was fake busy work and doesn't really "count" because its all such a mess.

It seems like everyone is having much better luck with DL, so maybe we can venture back to DL in the spring (he is in 7th grade, and I've been working on Algebra with him so I think we are aligned somewhat).

Are kids fairly engaged in class, and teachers keep tabs on them, and there is real assignments that are not busywork and are actually graded or at least reviewed?  I would love to have my evenings back to do other things than be a teacher![/quote]

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