10th Grade Schedule

Azismith
Wed, 09 Jul 2014 19:53:15 +0000

@DiscipulusBonus‌: Alg. II I’ll be doing throughout most of the school year, and Pre-Calc will mostly be a summer course…while I don’t want to rush it, I really, really want to take AP Calc next year. No, I haven’t looked at the Art of Problem Solving. I’m using Chalkdust right now, and it’s working great. I might be dropping Russian.

“As a homeschooler, it is extremely easy to spread yourself to [sic] thin by taking 10+ classes and joining all sorts of activities, but it would behoove you to take more challenging classes and invest yourself more fully in a few, select extra-curricular activities.”

How do I take more challenging classes as a sophomore? I thought about doing Organic Chem this year, but my father said I needed to get through AP Bio and AP Physics first. I know my math is weak, but I’m working on that so that I can take the more challenging courses. :)

Also, I’m trying to invest myself in a few, select extra-curricular activities. It seems like a lot, but it’s really just a few things. Here’s part of my earlier post…

I’m currently captain of Pilgrimage Homeschool’s Science Olympiad team. We had 11 kids on our Div. B team this year. I spent ~20 hours/week on it. I coached kids, figured out schedules, and studied! Our team ended up winning states, and placing 19th at Nationals, even though we had an awful day. My scores were: 4th place Shock Value, 5th place Sounds of Music, 6th place Crime Busters, 7th place Disease Detectives, 9th place Meteorology, 9th place Experimental Design.

Next year, I’ll be assistant coach for the middle school team and co-captain of the Div. C. Pilgrimage team. The Div. C team is weaker, but I think that we might have a chance at making nationals this coming year. Anyway, this is probably my largest ‘leadership’ position.

The music stuff–I’ve got 3 once-a-week bands/orchestras, 1 once-a-month orchestra that goes overseas on missions every year to perform at orphanages, slums, prisons, hospitals, etc., and a few honors bands/orchestras that meet for one or two weekends. Besides that, I play Clarinet (8 yrs), Bassoon (2 yrs, but everyone wants me 'cause there are never any bassoons), Saxophone (5 yrs), and Piano (13 yrs).

Anyway, my clubs generally fit into 3 buckets: Science Olympiad, Model UN, and Music. I could quit a few Music clubs if I need to. I’ve got ‘leadership’ roles in each of them, as I’m principal clarinet/bassoon in most of them (the exceptions this year were Lions Club Honors Band and Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra).

“Oh, and try not to be a pretentious ****. Saying things like “but dropped a 4 in government” in real life will come around and bite you in the butt when it’s time to ask for letters of recommendations.”

I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be pretentious. I’m just trying to lay the facts on the table.