Thread:Lidewey/@comment-34076922-20180225230150

HI... how is school going after your break? Trying to motivate my 16 year old to do school work he is overdue to complete from being sick. It's not going very well, LOL

As far as the class outline, I am going to do a class for HS level (sometimes there's an 8th grader in there) on Hamilton... decided to call the class: The man, the myth, the legacy (and borrow some lines from the broadway musical!).

The class can be basic or it can be more academic, but I don't want to give myself too much home work LOL

We have 2 different co-op's to choose fomr class wise, one is more academic, one is a bit more liberal however my son does a "paid" class option (certified teacher so I cannot offer a class there) and I didn't want him to do 3 days of classes, it's too much with everything else thrown in. He is on the autistic spectrum and needs more down time than most of his peers. He is very smart but not overly motivated. He fatigues easily as well (mentally) so we are working on time management, which was going well until he got sick and now we need to reboot after 2 weeks of being "off" from everything.

Anyway, I want him to be able to work on dealing with academic variety so if I teach a class next semester he will be forced to go to that co op and do something else (probably science but I may assistant teach in that class and do grading while the other mom actually teaches the class, haha) ... so we will see. I could always do a summer class for enrichment, but all classes can count towards transcript documentation so I have to see how heavy I want this class to be. I am thinking of doing a basic overview and having the kid research Hamilton and offering a 3 paragraph essay to start with, then go into the government position he had (secretary of treasury) and have them research that position, and then go into the coast guard and NY Post - since most do not know he created those for the new nation, and then possibly go into Elizabeth Hamilton as she created the first orphanage in NY state.

I just got a book at Barnes and Noble so I have to see what else they have in there that would be relatable to the students. We have 10 weeks in one co-op and a year in the other but I think I would do a 10 week option OR a summer class of 6 weeks. Still working out the details, but I tend to get very excited about wanting to "teach" somthing and then I have to put a whole syllabus together and I lose my mojo. Haha

I do a lot of BN sale racks, gets great books for a low cost and my son has an eclectic home library... !!

OKay, that's my story. Any feedback you have would be great! =) 