08-01-2020, 05:44 PM
When my daughter went to Keaau High School she described it as a day care where all the funding went to "managing the angry kids". They tried to put her in "basic math" even though her previous course from a different state was Algebra. She refused so they let her watch a Maui calculus class on Skype. The next year she TAUGHT "basic math" in a mentoring program. The skype class was a bust because it was just like watching a poor quality video recording of a high school classroom. She learned calculus by watching youtube videos.
They graduated her a year early, but even with that they literally ran out of any content for her in her Jr. year. They allowed her to take courses at the community college (at our expense of course) instead of wasting her time in "day care". She also completed a CNA certification course because she didn't want to work a lame job while she was in college, but she would have to wait a year before getting her state license due to the age 18 requirement. She was one of the KHS valedictorians, but most of what she learned during those years was from outside the school.
Of course, this is just one family's experience, but she literally learned more from watching youtube than she did in a Hawaii high school. At least she got to go to the only day care facility in the state with air conditioning at the time. I think the only thing she actually learned there was in her Spanish class. The social interaction was probably worthwhile, and she got to play soccer.
They graduated her a year early, but even with that they literally ran out of any content for her in her Jr. year. They allowed her to take courses at the community college (at our expense of course) instead of wasting her time in "day care". She also completed a CNA certification course because she didn't want to work a lame job while she was in college, but she would have to wait a year before getting her state license due to the age 18 requirement. She was one of the KHS valedictorians, but most of what she learned during those years was from outside the school.
Of course, this is just one family's experience, but she literally learned more from watching youtube than she did in a Hawaii high school. At least she got to go to the only day care facility in the state with air conditioning at the time. I think the only thing she actually learned there was in her Spanish class. The social interaction was probably worthwhile, and she got to play soccer.