It's a bit of a mess to explain everything, so bear with me, please.
My husband and I have our kids take the CLEP Tests to meet our state's proof-of-progress requirements. When our oldest son was in ninth grade, we stumbled across the requirements for a General Studies Associate's, and my husband and I decided to incorporate these requirements in our high school plan. Very little changed, but we did add four college courses to our high school plan: SDV 100 College Survival Skill in fall of junior year, Public Speaking in spring of junior year, and an evening/night school biology class (not dual enrollment, but taken at the local high school due to a lack of a "real" satellite campus). Our oldest son graduated with his A.S., and our older daughter is set to do so this spring.
That brings us to our middle child. He is a tenth grader, and he has no intentions of going to college. He's going to be a cowboy, like his uncles. He already does a lot during any break, on the weekends, and after school, so it's not like he doesn't know what he's signing up for. He likes the work. My son would have to be replaced with an entirely different person for any of that to change.
And now my husband and I are left in a pickle.
We see several benefits of the kids graduating with an A.S. One of which doesn't really apply to this son, but it's guaranteed transfer to any public college in the state and several in-state private colleges. Another, which I personally feel is more important since he doesn't plan to attend college, is that it gives a sort of "backing" to a homeschool diploma.
On the flip side, it feels disrespectful of my son's wishes. He'll do the coursework without fuss, but will he be resentful of it? I don't want to damage my relationship with my son for a piece of paper he doesn't need to do what he wants. The college will be there if he changes his mind. High schoolers pay full tuition for classes anyway (barring the exceptionally few DE classes offered at the high schools, none of which are helpful to us), so we're not saving money.
I don't know what to do. What would you do in these circumstances?