[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I'm sure his high school, as most all other high schools in the nation, has AP and college credit classes at a reduced rate.

Taxpayers are already footing the bill for this anyway.

Would you rather have the kid get bored or dumbed-down in a high school or get a better return of taxpayer money by putting him in UCLA?

[mtbopfuyn]

There's always home school and independent study. Seems like no college wants him enough to offer a scholarship.

Whaaa, my kids are bright so why doesn't the state send them to college for free? Oh, never mind, they're not illegal.

[Diplomat]

The mom's math is b.s. 9k is the tuition, and does NOT include the property tax/other tax money that gets directly handed to the UC colleges every year. If you think UCLA costs only $9,000 per year per student, you are sadly mistaken.

In other words, she's comparing apples and oranges and pretending they are equivalent.