I originally came to FLVS Flex for homeschooling d...

I originally came to FLVS Flex for homeschooling due to health problems that I was having. My experience with Flex, as a senior close to graduation, has been an extremely stressful one that continues to take a toll on my health. The classes are extensive and consists of waaaay more assessments than they need. 99% of these assessments are also essays and projects, meaning they take a longer time for me to complete. Multiplied by 3 (I'm close to finishing 3 classes) and I am beyond exhausted. It's really not the assessments that bother me, although I do believe they should reduce the amount of them that are projects and essays, it's the DBA's and persistence of the teachers that starts to become a problem. One of my classes alone has me doing NINE dbas. It is beyond ridiculous the amount of DBA's they have me doing. Not to mention how stressful they are because guess what? You're left in the dark in terms of what is going to be asked. You're essentially supposed to memorize an ENTIRE MODULE for these things. I also don't understand why there are so many. The whole thing just drives my anxiety through the roof.

I'm honestly more exhausted than I was when I first started. This entire experience has and continues to take a toll on my health, especially with all the stress I'm experiencing. I honestly wouldn't recommend FLVS to anyone. They need to seriously take a step back and re-evaluate some things.

And before FLVS messages me saying they're sorry to hear about my experience, please, just take my advice and literally the advice of hundreds of others and find a way to make the experience a more comfortable one. It doesn't matter how many times we express to our teachers that DBA's make us uncomfortable etc. they will still continue to make us extremely anxious and stressed out. I know that they're required by the state of Florida but you need to set a max per class and semester. Nine DBA's for one class is just too much. Teacher's also need to understand that their class is not our only class, I have teacher's constantly messaging me telling me I need to hurry and finish. I have a ton of other homework to do for my classes as well as some other things. I don't have all day to just sit down and work.

Sorry for the rant but, for the thousandth time, it needed to be said how important it is that FLVS take into consideration the voice of the student's. Which by the looks of it they have completely failed to do.