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[quote=Anonymous]Some posters make it sound like BASIS all just robotic "drill and kill", and that it's all geared toward testing.

That's not the case.

DS has done a lot of nice creative projects at BASIS, from art, to essay writing, to a "travel brochure to the ancient world", to hands-on science labs and several other nice projects.  Some projects have involved some good introspection, reflection and  critical thinking, such as analyzing a recently-read favorite book and understanding parallels, and talking about how it has directly changed DS's perspectives and influenced his outlook and his life, and writing a solid essay on it.

And, in fact, BASIS is not just STEM-focused.  The curriculum tracks actually add in some additional language-oriented content and other areas not found in standard curricula, i.e. both English language AND literature courses in some grades, where students may have more than one English class a day.

DS thoroughly enjoys BASIS.  It's NOT just kids memorizing facts and grinding out math problems like little automatons.  Not at all.  There's a lot of breadth and well-roundedness to go along with the depth.[/quote]

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