I feel like my initial decision to start FLVS was ...

I feel like my initial decision to start FLVS was a horrible mistake, and it resulted in me being a year behind and having to take 5 years to finish high school, but I accept full responsibility for that because I wasn't on pace and I never contacted my teachers. However, from later experiences, I have found that if you at least do SOMETHING once a week or so, you will usually not end up getting withdrawn from a course, even if you don't necessarily make the 3-4 a week cutoff. All in all, this isn't something I would recommend for someone who is not self-driven or who needs someone to prod them into working, because you will have to rely solely on your own willpower and motivation.

Now let's move on to the specific courses. In general, math and science classes do not have much busywork associated with them, and are composed of mostly tests and quizzes, which I really appreciate, but the trade-off here is that it is absolutely miserable for someone to teach themselves math and physical sciences (such as Chemistry and Physics) without actually seeing a problem for themselves, but the presence of Help Sites and Live Lessons somewhat mitigate that, I guess. Because I wasn't aware of these when I took Geometry, one of my first courses, I unfortunately ended up with a low B as my final grade for semester 1. I ended up switching into Geometry at my physical school and received a semester 2 grade of 96% (A) and a 5 on the EOC. In Chemistry 1 Honors, I relied a lot on the Chemistry Help Site to see how problems were supposed to be done. This really helped; I got a perfect score on the Module 4 Honors Exam (which was basically a bunch of Stoichiometry and Limiting Reactant problems) and a 96% on the Segment 1 Exam due to how well the videos explained concepts. Due to the fact that it takes a very long time to properly master math and science concepts online, I would think it's basically impossible to power through math and science classes and finish them in weeks, unlike electives or foreign language classes. There are also lab reports in the science classes, and while these might be a bit more annoying than tests, they're pretty straightforward.

The English and Social Studies classes, in general, were more aggravating. Rather than being composed of mostly tests/quizzes, like the math and science classes, they consisted of numerous "assignments" as well as quizzes and tests. These assignments were often extremely tedious and unnecessary. I have taken Dual Enrollment US History, Spanish III Honors, and AP English Language at my physical school, and assignments from those classes were more concise and less convoluted than the ones I had the displeasure of encountering in standard FLVS classes. Please, please, PLEASE, FLVS, if there's one piece of advice you take from this review and change, *either shorten the assignments for History and English classes or adopt the same 90% test approach you use in your STEM classes. If you must have the "assignments", I suggest something agreeable such as vocab study guides or worksheets that students can complete easily and quickly.* One assignment on FLVS can take upwards of an hour. AP Human Geography was the worst offender for me because not only did it have numerous time-consuming assignments, but it contained ridiculously long "Geo Journals" that were supposedly to help for the AP exam, but consisted of several annoying questions I felt wouldn't help at all.

Electives and Foreign Language classes have always been quick and easy. No regrets or complaints here. However, I wouldn't recommend taking a level 1 foreign language class on FLVS because it can be really hard to understand grammar rules and such without seeing/hearing them in person, but if you already have a solid foundation and some knowledge of grammar/pronunciation, feel free.

Teachers are nice; I've had no major issues with almost all of them.

I'm disappointed with the course selections. Flex really needs *AP World History, AP Physics 1/2, AP Chemistry, AP Spanish, AP French, and level 3/4 foreign language courses.*