[babygene]

I have to agree with the college on this. 13 is to young for that setting.

There’s absolutely nothing you can’t study on the internet...

[tutstar]

Sounds like you haven’t been around many home schooled teens.
That’s a decision for her parents to make, not the bureaucracy.

[pepsionice]

To be honest...with the type of antics that go on in college...I couldn’t see a guy less than sixteen ever attending...and that would be questionable.

I do believe that this entire business of saying a kid should go through 12 level of school to graduate high school is bogus...and that most could finish by the tenth grade. But our entire community college and university system just isn’t made for this kind of change.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Community colleges are usually pretty innocuous. Both of my home schooled kids are going to the local community college. My son does all of his classes online, but my daughter goes on campus. She only spent two days a week on campus this past semester, comes home every night kind of situation.

I got my first degree through a community college. The experience is nothing like four year university campuses.

My conclusion, I would have no problem sending a thirteen year old to classes at either community college I have experience with.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Totally agree with you.
Have the girl take online courses.

[MikefromOhio]

Overall I agree, but I think it totally depends on the kid.

Another important point that has (sort of) been made is if the kid is a commuter and not living on campus, that will eliminate a lot of the crap. There’s a reason some community colleges have a feel like it is “13th grade” for some.

That said, the whining about a bureaucracy saying no is an invalid argument. If someone doesn’t want to be rejected by a bureaucracy, don’t apply to one. It’s pretty simple.

[roamer_1]

I have to agree with the college on this. 13 is to young for that setting.

I will concur. As the father of a 14 year old daughter who operates at a junior year college level in almost all forms of intellectual measurement, I faced this type of decision throughout her schooling career. Everyone wanted to jump her up a grade or two, some have said she should be in college now.

My decision ultimately has been to deny her advancement - not on the grounds that she could not handle the level of work, but because of the tremendous social pressures which would ensue. For all that she is very smart (as are all of my kids), she is still a little girl.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

You get a big BS for your comment.

[moehoward]

"I have to agree with the college on this. 13 is to young for that setting."

Hogwash. There's a difference between attending classes at a local campus and packing her off to live in a different state.