Badluck,

Congratulations! I can see from your posting that you understand the learning process as utilized by humans. You are very, very correct to feel that by jumping around from subject to subject and point to point that your son possibly ( probobly? ) will not be able to gather the information and catalog it in his memory in a manner which he will be able to readily recall the information for that test.

Congratulations! This is another wonderful opportunity for you to share some QUALITY time with your boy. Here's how. Take careful notes during class by keeping an individual page for each subject or point. Then later you and your son can maybe find a quiet place in the woods, perhaps an area you hunt ( where you can do a little double duty by scoping out any possible activity? ) and you can go over things together. Maybe quiz one another.

This may seem like having to "unnecessarily" take the class "twice", but hey it's not that long of classes anyway. Look at it as a solid short term investment into something that will pay dividends for the long term (lifetime).

Maybe when (if) the class instructor notices you flipping from page to page taking noted he'll ask why you keep flipping back and forth and you can tell him, "Cause that's how you present the material-back and forth". I would not be nasty or smart about it because as someone else posted they are probobly a non-paid volunteer and I think it's a noble contribution to donate the time to assure our kids can enjoy the thrill and fellowship that hunting is.

I would bite your tongue as hard as necessary to not let your son know of these "bad" or "unapprovimg" feelings about the way classes are presented. Kids are sharper than ever these days. Don't worry about the test or sell him short of his abilities. He'll probobly do fine on that exam!

What if he passes and you fail?!?!! We'll do postings on that if the time comes. LOL

I've taken the class twice ( in Illinois ) with my nephews (so as to set a good example for both of them that took it, and hey why not? I had to drive them there and it didn't make a bit of sense to drop them off, drive home and basically have to just turn right around to go pick them back up.) and passing the exam wasn't a problem for them (or me) at all. They were 11 and 12 year olds at the time.

Hey aren't just kids great?