Homeschooling

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Question: If I started the 08-09 year in a public school already, do I have to take my classes all over again?

I'm a freshmen in high school. I decided that I want to take online Homeschooling at flvs or k12 florida virtual academy. So if I switch to Homeschooling and when I choose the classes, do I have to start from the beginning?

Answer: Yes
unfortunately

it takes about a full school year but you are very lucky that its still very early

In FLVS especially there is this thing that you can pick the advanced track and finish in half of a year

but be very productive motivated and determined because this is really serious its high school

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Visual learning style is probably the most common type of Learning Styles. Other different types of Learning Styles are Auditory Learning Style and Kinesthetic Learning Style.

What does visual learning rely on?

Visual learning relies on people being able to learn by seeing and watching, not listening (Auditory Learning Style) or doing (Kinesthetic Learning Style). Visual learning style is also one of the most useful types of learning style. If you have visual learning problems, you will miss out of may learning opportunities. There are also many visual learning strategies to help you practice visual learning.

Visual learning style characteristics

People with visual learning style tend to want to write things down to remember them. By writing things down, they are making it visual, easier for them to remember. Children with visual learning style may have problem listening. They can remember faces better than names. To teach children of visual learning style, you need many visual aids and tools such as maps or diagrams.

What is a visual learning environment?

A visual learning environment is one full of visual aids, charts, diagrams, maps, colors, highlighters, graphs, graphics, and other visual learning style tools. When listening to an audio tape or CD, visual style learners will want to draw diagrams that represent what they just heard in order to remember. This is a very powerful way to learn.