Does anyone recommend Florida virtual school?

Answer 1

It definitely depends on the situation.

I have taken courses through FLVS for several years and have had mixed results. My foreign language classes were interesting and my teacher was wonderful; she was always happy to discuss over the phone topics that I was struggling with, and she would regularly host optional online sessions where she would just go through different topics and answer any questions we had.

On the other hand, I was forced to drop a different class I attempted to take due to the ridiculous incompetency of the instructor: she would frequently send me emails warning that I would be failed if I didn't catch up with my work, forcing me to take up more of my own time to explain to the (clearly challenged) woman that if she were to actually look at my folder she would find that everything was completely up to date. She also lost my assignments on several occasions (which is quite a feat considering they are all sent through the site's database which then sorts and stores them automatically).

All in all, Florida Virtual School can be a huge blessing when it comes to getting those few credits that either aren't offered at your physical school or you don't quite have time for, but if it's at all possible you would probably be better off taking them outside of FLVS. As a study-obsessed AP student, even I found it very difficult to keep up with online classes; it's just far too easy to tell yourself "oh, I'll get to it later," when there isn't a teacher breathing down your neck.