The book is structured a bit like a conventional high-school science textbook, with diagrams and patient definitions of biological terms.
"I'd come from a very conventional high school and she'd gone to a more intellectual and progressive school which prided itself on individuality and eccentricity.
The typical students are home-schooled, homebound or not thriving in conventional high school programs.
The Program targeted students in Grades 7 10, the conventional high school grades in the ACT.
Children who want to participate in conventional school activities, like sports, face a decision about whether to enter conventional high schools.
"I worked in conventional high schools, and our kids in the technical schools are so much more focused," she said.
A lot has been invested in them and we need to know whether they will be different from graduates of more conventional high schools".
Some guidance counselors at special schools for failing students said conventional high schools were encouraging their weakest students to leave so that the schools would not appear to be doing a bad job preparing students for the tougher state tests.
Not being sanctioned by the national federation means the Pilots have no academic eligibility requirements and no restrictions on travel, transfers or practice time, as conventional high schools do".
Some students don't feel challenged by conventional high-school courses.
