Homeschool Tech College

05.06.12 | chickensoup

[Chickensoup]

My son is in homeschool. He is an experiential kind of guy and is taking couses (some self taught) in tiling, heavy equipment and CDL. I may be able to graduate him as a two year senior with full CDL license.

There are a number of other courses I could have him take after highschool, from building post and beam homes, to basic plumbing and electricity, engine repair, to gunsmithing and others. many are available to adults and provided by the private sector.

I would love to be able to provide him with a post high school experiential program which would be tech college oriented and not particularly tied with any one program.

In order to stay my dependent I understand he needs to be in a college program or some sort. And if he remains my dependent I will have the monies via the deduction to send him to the programs.

Any ideas of experiential college programs with distance learning components? Affordable is a key word.

[spokeshave]

Get him on track to be a Wire Line Operator in the oil and gas industry...those guys make top dollar

[max americana]

My cousin got his electrical contractor course almost the same way but it is 1 year of education, even in the evenings. There is always work. HVAC, plumbing, electrician courses with contractor exams afterwards are in high demand than say...Peace Studies or some other lib crap and useless diplomas.

However, the only distance-learning courses that I know of that should not be hands-on are web developer courses which pay good money.

[ExNewsExSpook]

Florence-Darlington Technical College in South Carolina has a two-year robotics program that is being funded by DoD. It is offered completely on-line (or in-residence), and offers state-of-the-art training in the field. Additionally, the school offers articulation agreements with regionally-accredited on-line schools, so grads of the robotics programs can parlay credits from their A.S. degree into a bachelor’s at a partner school.

Here’s a link to their webpage describing the program:

http://www.nrtcenter.com/Training/GenTrainProg/RobManTechCertProg.asp

[Texas Songwriter]

Yes. Give him an Indian name and apply for full-throtle academic scholarship to Harvard. He can write his own ticket.

[SaraJohnson]

I will share what my friend and her son decided to do. He's a natural electrician. He loves it. But he wants to have his own business. So she sent him to business school where he'll get a degree in business and also he works as an electrician. He got qualified as an electrician with classes and jobs he did while in homeschool.

[flyover]

Have him join the Navy or Air Force, He will be tested for knowledge and aptitude and placed in a field where he will receive the best training available while he is receiving room and board and pay. He will also be earning money for a college scholarship.

[djone]

The best advice I ever received was “ don’t reinvent the wheel “.... Get your son a good career aptitude test and find out where his interest lie and get training in that feild. Other skills he can pick up as he wants to when he wants to. Having training where your interests lie is better than being trained in something you later realize you are really don’t like..—..

[Vendome]

Can he help spell check your writing? /S

LOL

[rbbeachkid]

I think that some community college or occupational center classwork would help you keep him classified as a dependent, but, when my homeschooled son was 14 he started in an apprenticeship type situation.

He worked (for very little money) and gathered actual world experience. We found his “employer” at our church. I don’t think that the entire situation was exactly according to Labor Department rules, but we didn’t care.

He left home at 18 with 4 years of practical experience on his resume. It was a great head start for his career.

[Kevmo]

What does the CDL acronym stand for?

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Here’s my modest proposal for education reform.

We have been discussing ways to fast track kids through high school to avoid the liberal agenda and other idiocies:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1315730/posts?page=84#84

Proposal for the Free Republic High School Diploma.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316882/posts

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[Chickensoup]

I think that some community college or occupational center classwork would help you keep him classified as a dependent, but, when my homeschooled son was 14 he started in an apprenticeship type situation.

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That is the questioon here. I have to have him remain thus classsified in order to be able to afford the classes for him.

[Chickensoup]

I think that some community college or occupational center classwork would help you keep him classified as a dependent, but, when my homeschooled son was 14 he started in an apprenticeship type situation.

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That is the questioon here. I have to have him remain thus classsified in order to be able to afford the classes for him.

[JenB]

Another reason to homeschool ping! Is anyone able to help out with this?

[big truck]

Commercial Driver’s License

[Chickensoup]

Thanks to all the homeschoolers for the ping. I would love to hear their input.