01-16-2019, 04:09 PM
(01-16-2019, 03:48 PM)cookderosa Wrote: I'm very familiar with Becky Maldrow's company. She is at all the homeschool conventions demonstrating how her son (COSC) went to law school and is assistant attorney general. She and I were also co-moderators of a homeschool CLEP group for a while. It's cool - but she's selling a binder that has a schedule in it for you to follow which CLEPs to take for your gen eds at Charter Oak. (Week 15, read chapter 6). The fly in the ointment, in my opinion, is that everything she's saying is true. CLEP for gen eds- great idea. Study along high school - fine, no problem. Attend Charter Oak - ehhh not everyone, but I get the idea, most kids are fine with a distance learning degree in something general. None of that is untrue, and just that advice alone is very good and can help people save a lot of money (even if they don't use COSC). I don't even have a problem with her selling her binder - knock yourself out. I'm a capitalist.
My problem is that while true, it's also a big fat jar of snake oil. Like any good snake oil salesman, there is always truth under the hype. In this case, if you later decide your kid doesn't want to go to COSC, you've sacrificed their ENTIRE high school education and you can't get that time back. That's a pretty big ask, to trust her as knowing best for your kid- and assuming its what was best for her kid. Homeschool parents don't need a product that makes them feel stupid, they need a product to make them smart - they'll be able to figure it out with a little patience. Hers replaces the parent as the homeschool guidance counselor, a specific pet peeve of mine, and places her in the position of authority in the home.
Are you saying that she's selling a binder for $1096?
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MS, MSS and Graduate Cert
AAS, AS, BA, and BS
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc