| Home school parents tend to look for mastery of | | | | year for PE. Math is just one of those subjects |
| subjects before moving forward. This is | | | | like organized sports that can take a lot of hours |
| demonstrated when parents insist on "more than | | | | to complete each year, but should still just be one |
| normal work" in difficult subjects like math and | | | | high school credit. It's a big, beefy, manly credit |
| science. Whereas public and private schools may | | | | because it's Pre-calculus, and you can be proud of |
| not complete a math textbook during a school | | | | that! |
| year, some home school parents will consider a | | | | Now is a good time to mention that you don't |
| year unsuccessful unless the book is finished. This | | | | have to count hours AND count textbooks. You |
| can lead to an excessive number of hours spent | | | | can measure credit value by counting hours OR |
| on one subject. One mom reported to me that | | | | by completing a textbook, but don't measure |
| her son did all 344 lessons in Pre-calculus and | | | | both ways. If you use a textbook, measure |
| easily spent more than 10 hours per week on his | | | | credits that way, and don't bother counting hours. |
| math lessons. Her question was whether she | | | | Regardless of what you decide, remember the |
| ought to give her son more than one high school | | | | parent always knows best. You may decide that |
| credit for his effort. | | | | your son deserves something more than just one |
| Unfortunately, one complete high school course | | | | credit on his transcript. If so, you might consider |
| like Pre-calculus is one whole credit. One textbook | | | | giving him honors credit to account for all the |
| is also one credit - even if it takes forever. Even | | | | additional work he did for his class. You are in |
| if you count more than 120 hours, it's still just one | | | | control of your child's education. I'm just here to |
| credit. When we did swim team, for example, it | | | | give my opinion based on my years of |
| was hundreds of hours but still just one credit a | | | | experience and gray hairs. |