Paul Foerster's Algebra II/Trig - a honor's course?

[Denise in PA]

My teenage son will finish Foerster's Algebra II text in two months. This curriculum seems advanced to me, but is it considered an honor's course?

[Susan in IL]

Yes. Even the publisher calls it honors on their website. I listed it as Honors on ds's transcript and I did include course descriptions the text used. He did all chapters except 11&12. It was never questioned and I figured that if the colleges wanted to know about calling it honors, they could look it up online. I used an honors syllabus that I found online. This was the only class that I called honors.

[Sharon in MD]

If my oversight would allow it, I'd definitely call it honors...but they don't:( ah well....If he graduates with Calculus and a good AP score, guess it won't matter much.
;)

[Denise in PA]

Thank you so much for the helpful advice! Sharon in Md, in particular, I have followed many of your threads over the past couple of years. Many times your comments have introduced me to new math and science curriculums I had not thought of (Thinkwell and Paul Foerster, to name a few). Moms like you are what make the Well Trained Mind forum so special!

[Sharon in MD]

Especially encouraging as we were struggling tonight with matrices....which we have forgotten how to do....argh! I'm so glad I still have the Thinkwell videos to review....Especially since I sold my Al II book that told us how to do them....:rolleyes: