My son is hanging in with the program well, but I ...

My son is hanging in with the program well, but I have to be honest...

I'm not really impressed. I chose this program thinking that there might be a difference from traditional school. Give my son a "love" of learning again, but unfortunately, I've found that this school is no different from the traditional.

They teach for TESTS!! That's it! That's all these kids learn for. I'm just very disappointed in the overall american school system, it's doing such a disservice to our children. Out here in the REAL world, we're not taking tests everyday, we're living real life and real life experiences. Why aren't these kids, especially high schoolers learning about subjects that are truly going to pertain to life??(ie finances, occupational trades, etc)....I just thought that this school would be a little different...On top of that, it's TOO much work... I swear these kids are getting 40/50 assignments per week from 4-5 different teachers...they say work at their own pace, yet they lower their grades...and all of the assignments for different teachers are due at the same time.... it's too much... there's no organization... you can literally look at your child's school schedule the night before, then check again in the morning and classes have been added that weren't there before....So, my hopes about this program were dashed... I'm just trying to get my son through this year and over the summer, I'm looking into private schools... something independent... I'm just rather tired of the american school system on a collective basis...it's just terrible......but I do give it two stars because my son likes the flexibility and the teachers are nice