Concurrent Enrollment (Dual Credit)

With my previous post being about the "College Conspiracy", this post may come as a surprise. I really do believe the college bubble will burst and thus lower college expenses and have a balancing effect on secondary education. College is not what it used to be and I do not think everyone needs to have a college degree.

That said, I do believe there may be reasons, when the time is right, to take advantage of the classroom environment. We decided that Nayna should take advantage of concurrent enrollment at BYU Idaho since they are offering classes for $30 a credit, which is a fantastic price. (Concurrent enrollment are classes that count for high school and college credit.) I want my children to have various types of educational experiences so that they can choose the best path based on those experiences. One class in an online college environment will give her a view of what the Professional Conveyor Belt is like without a huge cost or commitment.

My oldest daughter, Sam, has chosen a Professional Conveyor Belt path to become a pharmacist. At least, that is what she wants right now. We have stressed over and over again that she should not go into debt for this education. So far, she has managed to avoid any debt. She has done well, her grades are excellent, and she is getting some education, even if it is not the Liberal Arts Education I would like for her.

Preparing for College Entrance - The Transcript

Many parents sweat over the question, "How will my child get into college?" I have to say, I have thought long and hard about this too, if my children choose college as their path. So far the university has only asked for a simple transcript. The TJED way seemed a bit difficult at first in order to show a transcript that will mesh with the Conveyor Belt world.

We decided on the following transcript format:



In addition to this very simple transcript, I am preparing a list of materials used for each class. Sometimes that is very simple, say for math, where we used a curriculum like Math-U-See Algebra 1. For the literature classes, we are listing the books read. Science and history have been a bit different since we used a menagerie of books, videos, and fieldtrips to accomplish these "classes".

I'll post more as we go through this process. They may yet come back and ask for more details and items.