Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Early college boosts opportunity for homeschooled teens

A homeschool teacher writes on Homeschool-Articles.com that her 19-year-old son has recently graduated with his B.S. in computer science. She then goes on to recommend early college for other homeschooled teens, saying "I don’t know about you, but I’ve never seen the point in wasting time. I was always the kid who read ahead in class, finished homework before leaving school for the day, and saw no point in filling out sixteen workbook pages on a concept I already knew. When it came to educating my four boys, I’ve taken a similar approach. Once the basics of a subject are mastered, they can move ahead as quickly as they like, earning college credit while still in high school. Why not?"

She then goes on to list some of the ways homeschoolers can get started accumulating college credits early.

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