Vlad and I had a very good discussion regarding our future approach to learning. I shared with Vlad that he failed his most recent Chap. 5 test on the American Revolution - that was open book. We also discussed that since the testing is difficult for Vlad,he has not only failed 4 out of 5 tests, but the prep for these tests is causing us to fall behind. Vlad really likes U.S. History, too. I reminded him that there are grade level and honors sections of U.S. History - BUT Vlad is committed to remaining in A.P. It is incredibly admirable that Vlad has a sincere interest in the advanced subject matter. Part of the issue is the required high level of reading comprehension. Another issue is that Vlad has a lot going on outside of school, so reading and studying the material on his own is a substantial challenge for Vlad. That said, Vlad does not want to divert from A.P. So that leaves us with the challenge of giving this curriculum all we can for Vlad's learning style which repels the reading, highlighting and note-taking that is a must for this course. Therefore, we decided that we are gong to cover Chap. 6 & 7 in class this week. Vlad has assured me that he will read Chap. 8 - 10 over winter break. Naturally, we will continue to discuss the content, as we always do. Vlad finds the content truly interesting. We will pick up the pace and move through the material so we have time left 2nd semester to work and basically perform regular drills on many A.P. U.S. History sample tests. Our hope is that that this approach works and that Vlad achieves the success and scores necessary.I am 100% in Vlad's corner and routing for him!