Degree Finished - Thank You

[dfrecore]

Dfrecore, Rebel100, Jsd, and Alzee

I appreciate your concern for my son. I kept records of his home schooling as it progressed. Mainly just as insurance against any local legal intrusions. In this state that was very unlikely. The laws here are very home school friendly. It is only required that you provide a "comparable education". The details are left up to you. No testing or any other specific requirements. If a local school administrator feels your program is inadequate, the burden of proof rests squarely with them. There is no obligation to cooperate with them. They can't judge what they don't have access to .

I do think I will type up a transcript. If the situation ever comes up that it is needed then he'll have it. I guess I could imagine some dimwitted government or corporate HR person that just had to have some piece of paper for a file. No exceptions. I still don't think it would be a good idea to mark "HS diploma" on an application. It would be awkward to then slide them a homemade transcript.

We did consider a GED. The local technical college has free prep and testing. My son is opposed to the idea simply because of the "drop out" association with the GED. Home schooling is common enough here that it probably has a higher rep than a GED. Home schooling has religious assumptions here, while GED has "drop out" assumptions.

I am hopeful the degree will make all of this a non issue.

I still say that if you say that your son graduated from HS, he did, if you did this all legally. I would not hesitate for a second to create a transcript and diploma for my kids if they stayed here through HS. And, as an HR professional, I highly recommend that you provide this for him. I know that a college degree (AA/AS or BA/BS) trumps a HS diploma, but you still want him to have this just in case. I have been asked MANY times over the years, on all kinds of applications (not only job) where I graduated from HS. He will definitely encounter this if he applies for FAFSA - you can't get financial aid without a HS diploma, even if you have an AA.

And, while I don't personally think there is anything wrong with a GED, there is definitely bias out there towards it.

Again, if your son graduates from HS, even a homeschool high school, he IS a high school graduate. No ifs, ands, or buts. You can go online and find templates for both transcripts and a diploma, or even pay a small fee to have them produced for him that look very professional.

I think cookderosa will agree with me on this one, although I could be wrong.