Just think, instead you could've been debating your liberal Comp I teacher in college, LOL!
My son started full time in our local college at 15. He's 16 now and about to finish his 2nd year with enough credits for an AA, but he's going to continue in the program for another year...what would be his senior year in high school.
The main problem I've found with this (other than having to drive him back and forth to the campus the first year because he wasn't old enough for a driver's license yet) is that my 16 year old doesn't really have a clue about what he'd like to major in.
That's why we're staying in the dual enrollment program for another year. At 16 his ambitions consist of being a professional rock climber or a whitewater rafting guide, LOL.
But he seems to have a propensity for math and science, so once he'd met his general reqs. we just kept building on that, taking each subsequent math course and science course.
If he gets to the point where he doesn't understand the math or can't comprehend the science, that's okay, we'll change directions, but in the meantime, we're following that course.
He's going to read a book on the different Engineering professions, right now he's more inclined toward Chemistry than the other sciences, so we'll see.
Of course, we've told him once he has a degree, if he still wants to be a whitewater rafting guide, and it's okay with his wife (when he's married) if he makes only $15,000 a year, then it's okay with us, LOL!
Well rock climbers don't make a lot but whitewater rafting guides can rake in the moola.
"The main problem I've found with this... is that my 16 year old doesn't really have a clue about what he'd like to major in..."
***But the main point is that a 16 year old with as many college credits as your son has acquired would be better positioned in society than the average 16 year old. And when he turns 18, even better.
"Just think, instead you could've been debating your liberal Comp I teacher in college, LOL!"
That's too funny being that my best friend is a Comp. I teacher and I am debating him all the time already! I wish your son the best of luck -- he sure sounds like he has a good head on his shoulders (as well as wonderful parents!).
On the other hand he could move to WV and set up his own whitewater rafting company and make a fortune.
If he enjoys the outdoors, and is good in math and science, point him toward Geology or geological engineering. He may have a passion lurking there.