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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a pretty insufferable class for most underclassmen and I think it would be even more tedious and insufferable for a senior to take. But it would be "easier" but that ease might be outweighed by the fact that your kid is near the finish line and might be tempted to skip class, blow off assignments or release their foot off the pedal and since this a graduation requirement, there's no room to recover in the senior year.

It's too bad these politicians keep making laws that require students to take these awful classes that have almost 0 benefit.

Yes, Health has no benefit.

Maybe if your kid is a senior when they are taking it.

It is a legal requirement in an effort to combat drug use and teen pregnancy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a pretty insufferable class for most underclassmen and I think it would be even more tedious and insufferable for a senior to take. But it would be "easier" but that ease might be outweighed by the fact that your kid is near the finish line and might be tempted to skip class, blow off assignments or release their foot off the pedal and since this a graduation requirement, there's no room to recover in the senior year.

It's too bad these politicians keep making laws that require students to take these awful classes that have almost 0 benefit.

Yes, Health has no benefit.

Maybe if your kid is a senior when they are taking it.

Anonymous wrote:It's a pretty insufferable class for most underclassmen and I think it would be even more tedious and insufferable for a senior to take. But it would be "easier" but that ease might be outweighed by the fact that your kid is near the finish line and might be tempted to skip class, blow off assignments or release their foot off the pedal and since this a graduation requirement, there's no room to recover in the senior year.

It's too bad these politicians keep making laws that require students to take these awful classes that have almost 0 benefit.

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Anonymous wrote:It will look terrible on a senior schedule, like the kid is a drop out.

Take it over the summer or online at home during the school year like every other high achieving wannabe.

No, the college will be looking at the increased rigor taken in the previous three years. They will know it is a requirement.

Yes, they will know its a requirement that could have been taken in 3 wks over the summer or online outside of school hours.

MC dual enrollment has asynchronous options for health 105 which meets the graduation credit for A and B.

Anonymous wrote:It will look terrible on a senior schedule, like the kid is a drop out.

Take it over the summer or online at home during the school year like every other high achieving wannabe.

No, the college will be looking at the increased rigor taken in the previous three years. They will know it is a requirement.

DD is just completing summer health session 1. Awful. Huge pile of busywork. Would not want to waste time on this during school year.

My DC will do health online over the summer as early and as fast as possible, so that they do not miss out on multiple electives that they want to take instead.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Plan was for my rising sophomore to take Health A this summer but with work commitments and the amount of summer work required for CAP it turned out not to be feasible. Don’t know what future summers hold.

Sounds like excuses. They have an afternoon and evening sessions online.

Kid gets home from work at 5 pm after working outside in the heat from 8 am. For CAP, Kid has 3 dense books to read, analyze and write about and is generally a slow worker. Maybe possible for your kid but not this one.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Plan was for my rising sophomore to take Health A this summer but with work commitments and the amount of summer work required for CAP it turned out not to be feasible. Don’t know what future summers hold.

Sounds like excuses. They have an afternoon and evening sessions online.

One reason would be the content. Things they need to know sooner. But if they are up on all that stuff, I see no reason why they couldn’t take senior year. Even though our counselor would have grumbled.

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Anonymous wrote:Kid will still have 6+ APs prior to senior year. Seems like it might be nice to have an easier class when senioritis is kicking in.

Easy class but a pain. Get it done before senioritis kicks in.

I feel like my kid will blow it off no matter when they take it. I’d rather have the B or even C on the senior year transcript rather than sophomore or junior year, no? So it doesn’t pull down GPA? All I can say is that my kids counselor did not require them to take it sophomore year — kid chose to replace it with an AP class. I’m not at all confident they will be able to fit it in next summer because they have a long planned summer camp during the second session and I think the only time we can take a family vacation is during the first session. I wish there was an independent study or asynchronous option but my understanding is that this is a remote class with attendance and cameras on required. Someone else suggested taking it DE at MC which might at least make for a class where they actually learn something.

Anonymous wrote:Kid will still have 6+ APs prior to senior year. Seems like it might be nice to have an easier class when senioritis is kicking in.

Easy class but a pain. Get it done before senioritis kicks in.

Anonymous wrote:I guess this could inflate weighted gpa for the time college applications happen

All health is Honors nowadays

I guess this could inflate weighted gpa for the time college applications happen