Vincent Kartheiser and School
When it comes to school, some teen actors opt for on-the-set tutoring. Others choose to squeeze the film and TV roles into their regular school scedules. And still others decide to enroll in home-schooled programs. Alaska's Vincent Kartheiser fits into the third category. Whether he's working on a project or at home in Minnesota, Vinnie recives homework assignments, which he dultifully completes and mails back to Laurel Springs High School. As he tells BB, he wouldn't want it any other way.
One of the things Vinnie likes best about his school stitch is that he doesn't have to wake up at any particular time for fear of missing a dreadful first period bell. Or, as he puts it quite simply, "I sleep until I want to be done."
Studying at home also works a lot better with his schedule. Vinnie, who's 17 admits that a couple of years back, when he was attending regular shcool, he actally failed the ninth grade. Like most people who flunk a year, Vinnie was not able to keep up his grades. But clearly this wasn't due to a lack of discipline or brain power on his part. The real culprit, if you can call it that, was his acting career.
"I was on a national tour with a theater company," explains Vinnie. "It was kind of hard to juggle both of them."
Vinnie, who's now a junior, is proud to say that he re-did his ninth grade year. And, since studying with his-homeschool program, he's been able to act his heart's content and maintain staright A's.