First, our courses use real, whole, excellent books, instead of textbooks or excerpts of books.  Secondly, our courses are not “cookie cutter” where everyone does the same assignment.  Instead, our courses offer several choices of assignments, and you and your student are free to choose. Yes, we have writing assignments, and we recommend your student write at least one or two of every essay type. But we also have assignments that utilize the gifts and talents God gave your high school student.  The assignments in our history and literature courses will allow your student to build a model, design and cook a historically accurate feast, dramatize a scene from a story or an event, design period costumes, illustrate a scene in a story, and more. Using your students’ natural gifts will make learning not only more enjoyable but it will also make the learning stick.