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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the CAP info meeting the person who runs the program said that students have an average of two hours of homework every day - that is for ALL classes (not just CAP).  That's how much my kid does right now in middle school (Eastern magnet).  That seems like a pretty light load in high school.  The RM program does seem highly demanding.  I wish there was a program that was a happy medium- perhaps a regular IB program at BCC or Einstein or an AP scholars program like "APEX" at Walter Johnson?[/quote]

Yeah, this isn't accurate.  My CAP 9th grader isn't a hard worker at all and he frequently has a lot more homework than this.   Part of it is that there's a block schedule at Blair -- they have one CAP class every day but the rest are every other day.  So my kid has one day where his classes include French, gym, math and CAP photo ... not classes with a lot of homework (he breezes through the math).  So he slacks on those days and kills himself on the days where he has English, U.S. history, and physics.  He could manage his time better!

My friend's DD is in RM as a ninth grader, and she has been really upset at the cutthroat and grade focused attitude of the kids -- they are always competing with each other, refusing to share notes if a kid is sick, etc.  It's an extremely stressful environment for some kids.  CAP seems very supportive.   So I think you have to figure out where your kid will thrive.  Personally, I cannot see my DS being happy in a high stress environment that's so much work.  I can't imagine basing a decision on how much homework there is!  But I wouldn't call CAP a "light load" at all.[/quote]

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