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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid 1: AP Psychology, Journalism, Law, double period internship

Kid 2: Sociology, Advanced Digital Arts, Forensics, Horticulture, AP Environmental Science, [/quote]

What do they think of those classes? Does Journalism teach writing as well as Eng Lang and Comp? If a kid has one slot, is Horticulture as intensive as AP ES, better in some ways?

My son is interested in crimiology. How is law and forensics? Even if he doesn't ultimately pursue it, it sounds like a good grounding in learning to think.[/quote]
In Journalism they publish topical articles, do interviews, cover school events. They use social media. It’s definitely not the kind of writing they’re doing in AP English classes. Journalism isn’t considered an honors/advanced class unless you’re an editor. There’s a separate course code for the editors.

Horticulture is an enjoyable class for kids who like plants. Also not honors. Definitely not as intensive as AP ES.

The Law class (not honors) my dc took was interesting. They had a few mock trials, they watched some movies, they had guest speakers come in to talk about their careers in law enforcement or the justice system.

The forensics class (not honors) is the one I’ve heard the least about. My kid is in it now. They had to make a crime scene diorama, which was expensive because we’re not crafty and it had to contain at least 6 pieces of evidence and everything in it had to be to scale. It was cool when it was finished. It seems to be a pretty easy A.[/quote]

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