Here in Taiwan junior high school students are required to take a MAJOR exam in order to be placed into a senior high school. If you don't score well, then you can look into going to a vocational senior high school or a private senior high school. This test is very difficult, covering all three years of junior high school in five major subjects -- Chinese (including an essay), Social Studies, English, Math and Science (Biology, Chemistry and some Physics). The students take three practice tests from September to February of their 9th grade year. In two weeks, Isaiah will be taking the second set of practice tests. For his first practice tests, he did not do well. We thought he did well, but not compared with what he needs to do in order to enter a high school that's in our area. We also want to consider homeschooling Isaiah when he enters high school. But how can he get a high school diploma if we homeschool him? We need to find a local senior high school that will accept him and allow him to do part-time homeschooling while providing a diploma for him. This is a near impossible task. I will start visiting different high schools to find out what are the possibilities.
I still remember Isaiah as a pre-schooler.
How I wish I could rewind the time and go back to those days.
Christmas 2002
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