Testing out of TESC Associates Degree "Study Area" requirements

[dfrecore]

I understand what people are saying here, but since you haven't said what direction they may want to take after high school, it's hard to say if they will need more rigorous courses right now. So, I have a couple of thoughts.

First, if you just want the AA to show credibility for homeschooling through high school (and that may well be a major issue in many countries in Europe, as homeschooling is illegal in many places there), then do the courses however you decide, for high school purposes.

Second though, is if the kids decide to go on to a more rigorous program, they will really need a solid foundation in specific areas of math/science. In that case, I might have them retake the necessary courses in a more formal setting, where they can get more out of a course than they will in most of the options I listed. For instance, if one decided to work in the medical field, then he should take the pre-reqs as butt-in-seat courses. If one wants to be a software engineer, he can retake Calc I and above butt-in-seat. Etc. But if one decided to go the IT route, it probably would not matter much if he had such a solid foundation in Bio or Calculus, in which case he could just move straight into a Bachelor's program.

Doing the way you're suggesting will work, as long as they know that they may be required to retake some courses in the future depending on their career choices. But even then, you've given them a big head start by having them take college-level courses in high school - even if they aren't quite as rigorous as the butt-in-seat courses, they will feel VERY prepared to take those courses in college - I daresay they will have a much easier time than many of the students who are encountering the material for the first time.

I plan on doing this with my daughter in high school as well. She has struggled a bit, so I feel like if I have her take SL courses (or something of that nature) while in high school, then when she goes to college, it will all be familiar to her, and she (hopefully) will not feel overwhelmed. I'm actually doing her a huge FAVOR!! :roflol: