I realize I didn't really answer your question. If you are going to write a course description, that would already be an addendum to the transcript, so I wouldn't put an addendum to that. Include all of the info that you think is relevant in the description. You will need to decide whether you are counting each ensemble session as a separate course or rolling it all together and how much credit you will award and how you will determine the grade, if any.

Unless your student is desperate for credits, I would not use music performances as a course. Lessons could appear on-transcript with a description including teacher, any theory work, and repertoire mastered with the teachers. Selective colleges like extracurricular activities. I think they also don't like everything the student ever has done to be translated onto the transcript. If the college isn't selective, it probably doesn't matter how, or even whether, the music activities appear. My children had heavy music extracurriculars. The ensembles, camps and private lessons appeared as part of the extracurricular portion of the applications. We never listed repertoire or personnel--mainly the instrument, institution name, hours per week; I think we mentioned tours. They did not submit art supplements.

My child is considering moving to a new college. The application does not require her high school transcript or scores. Everything is top-tier is except for one score that stinks. Also, the school is not homeschool-friendly. Should she send the info or not?

So inspiring! Now I am mulling approaching a dropped old friend.

I am having trouble keeping up with my own threads about my son. The real issue--or what appears to be--keeps shifting. I am not concerned about an immediate threat to safety, but someone needs to look at him and make sure nothing more than transient teen stuff is happening. I do not know how to make this happen if he doesn't want to do it. Is there a way?

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Would this be a deal breaker for living in your home? Thank you for the feedback.

So happy to hear your great news and thankful for better living through science.

All the better.

YES! This is where I missed the boat. Taking the child to therapy twice a week, other programs, and the time commitment even during residential treatment kept me immersed in the unrelenting chaos. I haven't seen this child for over two years, but a brief phone call (always hostile) brings back the racing heart and feeling of suffocation. I have made a lot of progress using self-help books, but if I could go back I would put on my own oxygen mask first. It may be (hard to say) that DBT has helped this child be a more successful young adult, but it has not helped any of us heal from the damage inflicted. While you parent this child, prepare yourself for a healthy life in the future.

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You are such an inspirational person. I am so sorry--speechless--at your situation and pain.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. We have been on a roller coaster this month. For now he is continuing the CC classes and seems to be passing them. He hasn't looked at the Oak Meadow workbook. He still threatens to quit school. We don't react. The arguments for getting a diploma are well known in our household. We haven't pushed the GED route, of which he is aware, because he once planned to enlist in the military, and I wouldn't be surprised if he came to that again. We have talked about mental health evaluation/support with him and he adamantly REFUSES to cooperate with anything like that. I understand that theoretically he cannot make that decision, but practically I don't see how to effect this without his cooperation. He loves to tell us that he is only X months away from 18, as if this is meaningful when X doesn't equal zero. He is not easy to live with. For my own health I don't think we can allow him to stay after he turns 18 if his behavior doesn't change. Some days he is eager to leave, but others he says he wants to stay past his birthday. He has researched places to live and thinks he can make it in his min wage job, but this is a high COL area. I am skeptical. He spends a lot of time researching business ideas, but I am not sure whether it is substantive or just browsing entertainment. I told him we could work up some sort of credit for that he would log what he is doing. We have offered relevant CC classes. I have advised him to look into some legal aspects of his intended business, and we could fund some early launching expenses if he would write up what they will be. He did warm to that for a bit but is now saying he'd rather not have any help. Thanks for letting me know it isn't crazy to insist on certain minimum achievements.

This one is very good. Well-trained dog is great too. Or, well-trained dog owner?

I do not see why this is different at all.

That is not an option here since he just turned seventeen. We are not at liberty to make him leave for another year, but we cannot require him to be in school either.

This is the sort of thing I could see happening with him. Or, starting as a teller and having a management position in a bank branch, if bank teller-ing had not become a college degree job.

This kid is smart but not at all interested in academics. First entered public school for 10th grade after homeschooling. Hated it and wanted to drop out. Just *hates* school. For 11th grade he is homechooling again with two CC classes and one class at home using a curriculum that only requires grading from us. We thought he could stick out eleventh grade with this sort of course load. He has been planning to accumulate a minimal number of credits so he can get a diploma from us, which would be faster than dealing with public school. He works a minimum wage job, takes driver education, and goes to the gym every day. His plans for supporting himself seem unrealistic to us for his skill set--things like starting a company in an industry that seems cool but that he doesn't have expertise in and that most people get a specialized degree for or being a youtube personality. He does not want training in any sort of trade. He has interest in being a personal trainer but may be on the young side for that. There are also some unhealthy aspects to his fixation on the gym. Without knowing my kid at all, what do you think your impulse would be in this sort of situation? Pressure him to finish school? By withholding something? Knowing all the reasons we think this idea is terrible has not dissuaded him. Would you change your expectations of him as a housemate? I know he plans to work a lot of hours, but I still think he would likely be a disruptive presence for the younger student trying hard to master difficult subjects.

I didn't think BPD was a valid diagnosis for a 16 yo. I have some experience with a BPD-ish adolescent, DBT and residential treatment. A lot depends on where your friend lives and how much money she has. We can talk privately if you like.

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Could I please have one also?

The article makes clear that the child is still alive.

If he is trying to deceive you, this would be a classic way of setting up fake context in which you interpret the rest of his words and actions. I have seen this so many times. I don't say that he is doing that, but it is an answer to the question "why?"