Thank you!

Yes, I'm considering Notgrass, but I already own the textbook and the test answer key for BJU. ;)

We would be doing it on our own, not through distance learning because he loathes and despises video instruction LOL. I'm not so much concerned about the difficulty level as much as I am the teacher intensiveness of it. He would need to be able to do it completely on his own, and since he's an average student, I'm wondering how much he might miss out (if anything) if I cannot present lessons to him as per the TE.

Thanks for the great discussion everyone! I think I've managed to put together a plan for him to get enough credits without using his job. The trick will be in getting him to actually do it, but that's another ball of wax entirely. ;-) It helps to know that this is a possibility for future kiddos though!

How teacher intensive is it? It's for an average student who does not have a lot of self discipline.

In his case, it would help because he doesn't have that many credits. He's sorely lacking in electives.

Oooooh interesting idea!

Yes, our local tech school is part of the local school district, and for kids that attend even a public charter for homeschoolers part-time, they can go for free and get all those credits. This is just a Chick-Fil-A job, nothing to apprentice or anything. :-)

Thank you!

Wow they have a TON of stuff! And I was able to find an ASL class for my daughter!!!!

I do live in a major metro area. How would I go about finding such a thing? Time is a premium too since I have so many kiddos and would have to drive him back and forth.

That's basically how I feel about it. I was sort of stunned that the students my mom taught got graded on those skills. To me that's rather "duh." But I know it's not for all kids so.... :confused1: The only reason I'm considering this sort of thing for my kids (my son in particular) is because he's really needing some electives. A friend of mine suggested that maybe a little bit of credit for his job might be an option.

Thank you! What he describes sounds very similar to what my mom taught.

I'm leaning toward no, but I'm wondering if I can somehow put something together. My mom taught General Cooperative Education at a high school about 20-25 years ago. It was a class for seniors only. They got out of school after half the day. Most of them just had to finish up a history and English credit, and the rest of their time at school was spent in my mom's class, where she helped them with the work in those classes as well as work readiness skills like showing up on time, dressing decently, communication skills, etc. Then those kids had jobs in the community that actually counted for credit for this class. Mom would go supervise them on the job once a month. Is there any way I might be able to do SOMETHING to help my kids' part-time jobs count for some credit? Maybe combine it with some sort of career exploration course????? Or is it pretty much a no-go. (If it matters, college is not an absolute given for either one of my current high schoolers...my rising senior wants to join the Navy, and my rising junior isn't sure yet what she wants to do. I'm suggesting construction technology since she's good at that and enjoys it, but she's iffy. However, I don't want to rule out college completely, so I want their transcripts to be prepared just in case.)

My rising senior needs some electives. He is wondering if there are any film-making or stop-animation courses out there that would count for 1/2-1 credit. It would need to be something he does completely independently and already put together because 1) I will have 6 other kids to teach next year, and 2) I know absolutely NOTHING about that stuff. :lol:

Thank you, that's kind of what I was looking for. She may be college-bound (she hasn't decided yet), so it kind of sounds like Physics 101 might not be a good fit for that. Maybe if she can crank through prealgebra, Alg. 1, and geometry over the next 1.5 years so she can take Apologia at the same time as Alg. 2????? That's an idea.

Does anyone know anything about Physics 101?

Hmmmm she has already taken integrated physics and chemistry...does that mean she's already taken the equivalent of Conceptual Physics? Would Conceptual Physics count as a lab course? She's needing another lab.

She doesn't struggle in math per se...she is just super behind due to MUS and a period of time when she just wouldn't do her math. :-P She gets As. What if my son took Alg. 2 alongside physics? Possible? Or not so much?

I am thinking about her senior year. I know she can't jump into physics from where she is in prealgebra. Sorry I forgot to mention that earlier. Just trying to see what all is out there. I'm also looking for my son, who may only complete Alg. 2 before he hits physics. Maybe take it concurrently...not sure yet. He's a junior this year and unless something severe happens, he will not graduate on time. We will be having a meeting in the next few days to chart his course.

How would I go about doing that? She is currently in pre-algebra in 10th grade, though she does plan to double up to get through some more math credits. I took trig eons ago and can't even remember the point of it LOL.

I keep seeing that trig is a recommended pre-requisite for physics. My non-mathy daughter would prefer physics over chemistry (just due to interest). Are there any credit-worthy physics courses that don't require trig?

It might, but then again, it may not because of the TYPE of math LOL. Physics is more practical to them both.

In my looking around, many of the colleges around here flat out say that either chemistry OR physics is fine. Woot!

That's what I was thinking too....