UPDATE & Typical Schedule: Drop Coursera. Add Udemy Blender

After a week or two with Coursera, Ian isn't really getting anything out of it.  It is just "another chore" and paying the tutor to help him through it isn't work the money.  Ian suggested Udemy as a replacement - Blender Animation.  He wants to use it to create his Habitat for the biology project due in a few weeks.

So we dropped Coursera, and added Udemy Blender.   So far he's very happy with the content - and it was only $12.99 (whereas Coursera was $50/month.


So overall update:

WTMA
1.  Saxon Algebra 2 (with tutor)
2.  Writing Intensive

Gifted School
3.  Biology
4.  Chess Club
5.  Mathcounts Team

Problem Solving
6.  Elements of Mathematics

Computer Science
7.  Udemy Blender - computer animation
C++ - with tutor (when there's time after the Algebra lesson)
Programming II as Dual Enrollment at CC

Music
8.  Upright Bass - private teacher
9.  Drums - private teacher

Science
10.  MEL chemistry
Life of Fred Physics

Social/Leadership/Service
11.  Jack and Jill
12.  Video Game Tournaments
Leaders of Tomorrow Group
Alpha Merit Group

Foreign Language
Spanish - private teacher

Physical Fitness
13.  Fencing
Competitive swimming
Water polo

Career Exposure
14..Vet shadowing - when time permits

Typical Schedule:

Monday/Wednesday
9am - wake up when his body naturally wakes.  Personal time (breakfast, wash up, whatever).
10am - 12pm - Algebra 2 assignment
12 pm - we go over some Algebra problems that he didn't understand (or Mel Chemistry)
1:30pm - lunch/relax/rest
2pm - Writing assignment
2:30 - EMF
3pm - Drum lessons
3:30 pm - Biology and/or computer programming
4:30 - 6pm - Algebra Tutor
6pm until he falls asleep on his own (about 1am) - Free time

Tues/Thursday
8:45am - wake up and personal time
9am - 10am - Algebra online class
10am - 11am - Algebra HW
11am - 12pm - Writing online class
12pm Lunch
1pm - 1:45pm - Finish algebra HW
2pm - 3:45 - Gifted school (Thursday until 4:45)
6pm - 8:30p - Fencing practice (sometimes video game tournaments will flip-flop fencing)
8:30p - 1am - Free time

Friday
9:30a - 12:30p Algebra 2 tutor
Lunch
2pm - 3:30 - rest of work (Writing, EMF, Udemy, Biology)
3:30p - 4:30p - Bass lesson
5pm - 6pm - Chess Club

Saturday
Mornings Fencing


Summary
You can see he spends quite a bit of time doing algebra (about 8 hours/week working with an instructor/tutor).  He does fencing 3 times/week (Saturday, Tues/Thurs.  If he misses Thurs due to video game tournament, he goes on Wednesday).  He has about 5 hours of free time on his "long days."  And on lighter days (where he stays home) he has upwards of 7 hours of "free time."  Weekends are free sans 3 hours fencing.   This amounts to more than FORTY HOURS PER WEEK of FREE TIME where he is completely unbothered.  He can play video games, read, watch TV, sometimes we'll spend time together (as a family, or just with him) or he'll spend time with his siblings if they're free....or alone.  He works in 15-20 minutes of music practice a couple of times a week (which isn't scheduled, just fits in when it makes sense).  Once a month he'll have a Jack and Jill event.  We have to try to find time to work shadowing the vet in again.