aplan4life

They both looked a little freaked! LOL...I mean we were so relaxed
before, hardly any requirements at all so I didn't think it would be a
hard transition but they are concerned. Would you all give me some
words of wisdom that I can in turn use with my children? Brooke was
concerned about spelling, Zak about other 'schooly' things. Matter of
fact, Zak was so inspired by some of the kids in "The Teenage
Liberation Handbook..." that he asked me to get him a GED study guide!
I ordered it because he wanted me too but he wants to 'graduate' and
get a diploma, speaks of college,etc....he is only 11! I tried to
tell him that he could slow down but he was soooo excited at the
possibility of being a 13 year old college student that I didn't want
to discourage him.

~Sandy Winn

Joyce Fetteroll

On Apr 16, 2006, at 8:02 AM, aplan4life wrote:

> I tried to
> tell him that he could slow down but he was soooo excited at the
> possibility of being a 13 year old college student that I didn't want
> to discourage him.

He doesn't need a GED to take college classes.

It differs from state to state, and college to college but you can
check out community colleges. They will probably say juniors and
seniors can take courses but it may not be a rule. My daughter has
been sitting in on the college math classes my husband teaches since
she was 14.

Joyce

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aplan4life

I was just so hoping for him that he'd just relax for awhile, which he
and his sister have been doing for several weeks now, without knowing
why they were not being asked to do schoolwork. I'll check out the
local college here and see if he could sit in on some classes though
or something, IF he wants to. I already made sure to tell him that he
doesn't 'need' to do this there is plenty of time for college later if
he wants and I made sure to let him know not to feel bad if we bought
the book and he ends up not using it. I said, if you want, we can
just use is it for ideas.

--- In [email protected], Joyce Fetteroll
<fetteroll@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Apr 16, 2006, at 8:02 AM, aplan4life wrote:
>
> > I tried to
> > tell him that he could slow down but he was soooo excited at the
> > possibility of being a 13 year old college student that I didn't want
> > to discourage him.
>
> He doesn't need a GED to take college classes.
>
> It differs from state to state, and college to college but you can
> check out community colleges. They will probably say juniors and
> seniors can take courses but it may not be a rule. My daughter has
> been sitting in on the college math classes my husband teaches since
> she was 14.
>
> Joyce
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Pampered Chef Michelle

On 4/16/06, aplan4life <aplan4life@...> wrote:
>
> I tried to
> tell him that he could slow down but he was soooo excited at the
> possibility of being a 13 year old college student that I didn't want
> to discourage him.


Sandy, PJC has a program that he can take classes through (at a reduced rate
I believe) once he is 13. He does NOT need a GED to take these classes.
I'll get more information for you on it if you want. Mary Elayne's
gymnastics coaches are in this program. The biggest complaint that I hear
from them is that they can't take summer classes. UWF also has an
"accelerated program" for high school aged kids who want to take college
classes, but the requirements are a little stiffer. With the PJC program
they can earn their AA while still not graduated from high school and then
transfer to UWF as a Junior when they complete the program (usually takes 4
years) so they are Juniors when other kids their age are just Freshmen.
Emily is considering doing this in the fall.





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aplan4life

Thanks Michelle....is their anything that you don't know about! :-)
You're creeping me out here...almost omniscient! LOL Just kidding ;-)

~Sandy Winn

--- In [email protected], "Pampered Chef Michelle"
<pamperedmichelle@...> wrote:
>
> On 4/16/06, aplan4life <aplan4life@...> wrote:
> >
> > I tried to
> > tell him that he could slow down but he was soooo excited at the
> > possibility of being a 13 year old college student that I didn't want
> > to discourage him.
>
>
> Sandy, PJC has a program that he can take classes through (at a
reduced rate
> I believe) once he is 13. He does NOT need a GED to take these classes.
> I'll get more information for you on it if you want. Mary Elayne's
> gymnastics coaches are in this program. The biggest complaint that I
hear
> from them is that they can't take summer classes. UWF also has an
> "accelerated program" for high school aged kids who want to take college
> classes, but the requirements are a little stiffer. With the PJC
program
> they can earn their AA while still not graduated from high school
and then
> transfer to UWF as a Junior when they complete the program (usually
takes 4
> years) so they are Juniors when other kids their age are just Freshmen.
> Emily is considering doing this in the fall.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Michelle
> Independent Kitchen Consultant #413652
> The Pampered Chef
> 850-474-0817
> http://www.pamperedchef.biz/michellelr
> Ask me how you can save 60% on some of our most favorite products!
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[email protected]

In a message dated 4/16/2006 9:34:01 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

They both looked a little freaked! LOL...I mean we were so relaxed
before, hardly any requirements at all so I didn't think it would be a
hard transition but they are concerned. Would you all give me some
words of wisdom that I can in turn use with my children? Brooke was
concerned about spelling, Zak about other 'schooly' things. Matter of
fact, Zak was so inspired by some of the kids in "The Teenage
Liberation Handbook..." that he asked me to get him a GED study guide!
I ordered it because he wanted me too but he wants to 'graduate' and
get a diploma, speaks of college,etc....he is only 11! I tried to
tell him that he could slow down but he was soooo excited at the
possibility of being a 13 year old college student that I didn't want
to discourage him.

~Sandy Winn



*************************
Cool! My son was a 14 year old college student -- he had just turned 14 and
took a class at Harvard Extension, with mostly grad students. He loved it,
and did well. He was the student who participated most in class. For Julian,
it helped him get rid of any school residual feelings about not being smart
enough.

He doesn't have to get a GED to do it. There might be a college nearby he
can take a class, or he could take classes online. Just like there's no rush,
there's also no need to wait if there's stuff he wants to do. I would strongly
suggest that he take a class in something he's really excited about, rather
than a "101" sort of class. Even if it seems hard at first (Julian's first
class was on Darwin and Society, with lots of papers and TONS of reading), it'll
come easier than a class that feels boring.

If he has any questions or ideas, he's welcome to e-mail me or Julian. Let
me know.
Kathryn

Come to the Northeast Unschooling Conference, Memorial Day Weekend, May
26-28, 2006 in Peabody, Massachusetts! www.NortheastUnschoolingConference.com



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Pampered Chef Michelle

On 4/16/06, aplan4life <aplan4life@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Michelle....is their anything that you don't know about! :-)
> You're creeping me out here...almost omniscient! LOL Just kidding ;-)


Of course there is. I just happen to know a lot about the opportunities
available where we live :) If you were in Saskatchewan or Albuquerque I
would probably not reply much about college. Although if you were asking
about the SCA and lived in either of those place I would probably give you
some names of people to look up :)





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Independent Kitchen Consultant #413652
The Pampered Chef
850-474-0817
http://www.pamperedchef.biz/michellelr
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