Right now for my schoolwork I am using Switched On Schoolhouse by Alpha Omega Publications.

SOS is a computer based program. The computer does a lot of the work for the teacher, (Mom :D) but Mom can still override anything you and/or the computer do.

I was thinking about why I love SOS, and I realized that for everything I love about it, there is also a bad thing about it! Here are the ones that I came up with:

Pro – Your school is all on a computer, so you get to have computer time.

Con – Your school is all on a computer, so when it dies you lose all of your progress in the grade. *This has happened to me twice. Thankfully I had only  done a few lessons the second time it happened…*

Pro – If you get a bad grade, Mom can reassign it so it does not stain your perfect record.

Con – If you get a bad grade, Mom can reassign it and you have to do that horrible lesson all over again. *You don’t even want to know. LOL*

Pro – Mom can take days out of your school schedule so you can go the the museum.

Con – Mom can take days out of your school schedule so you can spend the entire day reclaiming your bedroom. *This only happened when I shared a bedroom with the little girls. Not anymore!*

Pro – Mom can override the grade the computer gives you if it was a stupid question.

Con – Mom can override the grade the computer gives you if you got it right, but “your formatting was terrible!!”. *This only happened once. I learned from that one time. :D*

Pro – There are special courses you can get if you are really interested in it.

Con – There are special courses you can get if your Mom is really interested in it. *Hm… I don’t think I have actually had to do a course that I did not want to do. Now my brothers, they wish that we did not have to do any courses…*

So those are my pros and cons to Switched-On-Schoolhouse from Alpha Omega Publications.  I think it is an amazing program, and I really enjoy doing school with it!