Ok. So. There are some pretty mixed reviews here a...

Ok. So. There are some pretty mixed reviews here about FLVS- some unhelpful, some informational, some people just venting . . . I will try to be as matter of fact as possible. Personally, I have had a fairly good experience with FLVS. I have just completed my second year as an FLVS Flex student, taking two classes a semester. There have been some flubs in the coded system itself, and I find their grading system to be slightly
-interesting-, but I have been blessed with very encouraging, hard working, enthusiastic teachers. If you are contemplating taking Latin on FLVS, I will tell you right now that I have had five different teachers from the Latin department, and they were all SUPER nice. I am a hard worker and maintained a pretty steady A throughout the course, but I am pretty confident that they were all great teachers. I have had only two Spanish teachers, and they were great as well. That being said, compared to other people I am fairly inexperienced with FLVS, and I can easily see how taking 5 classes at once could be too much. I did find some of the longer assignments in both my Latin and Spanish courses to be very time consuming and not very helpful in actually learning the language- in other words, there was a lot of busy work. It is also, unfortunately, very easy to cheat on quizzes, worksheets, etc. If you are not self driven, willing to work and learn, or the type of person who can learn by reading and taking notes, this might not be your favorite thing. Of course, trying new ways of learning is always good, but you must not overestimate yourself. I have also heard stories of teachers going MIA, and not returning calls or emails, or adjusting deadlines to suit themselves. I have a lot of friends who have been using FLVS for years and years, and they definitely have mixed feelings.