SW in IL
11-02-2009, 06:33 AM
We're finishing up writing my friend's son's transcript here in the next few days and I'm having trouble figuring out what to do about Physical Education and a couple of other things. I've been searching the 'net for ideas (for PE, LotR, and Harry Potter) for hours now but nothing I've come up with so far seems appropriate.
PE is required here in Arkansas so we figured we should put something on the transcript. M (homeschooled son) did several years of Tae Kwon Do but that was before high school. We'd like to include something about that in the course description. Also, should we only count PE as being 2 semesters (1 credit) since that's what is required? M is active during the warmer months - hiking, swimming, camping, fishing - works out with weights regularly, enjoys sparring with my son, and still practices his Tae Kwon Do routines and the discipline he learned.... I came up with:
Physical Education provides the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to engage in lifelong physical activity and includes general physical fitness, basic techniques of conditioning, continued study and practice of Tae Kwon Do (including complex routines with an emphasis on discipline), basic Kendo, throws and break falls, one-step sparring, working with weights, walking, hiking, fishing, swimming, camping, outdoor survival skills, with an emphasis on applying these skills to real life experiences. Also includes basic sports medicine including the treatment of athletic injuries, basic anatomy and physiology, basic first aid, and treatment and rehabilitation techniques. Course credit and grading was primarily on the reading and written work as the physical portions of the course were practiced throughout the high school years.
He'd like to include a course on J.R.R. Tolkien, maybe one on C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling and/or comparing books with film versions. Any good ideas for including that when the study was done totally independently?
Also, M wants to go to culinary school but he will be doing his first 2 years (minimum) at a liberal arts college. We've come up with at least half a dozen different culinary courses (titles, descriptions, grades, credits) but I'm wondering how many of these courses we should include on the transcript for the liberal arts college. This college offers no cooking courses so he plans on taking general courses (math, English, history, science) before transfering to a culinary school that offers a BS degree and that will let him transfer the credits.
Any other advice?
Thanks,
Sue
PE is required here in Arkansas so we figured we should put something on the transcript. M (homeschooled son) did several years of Tae Kwon Do but that was before high school. We'd like to include something about that in the course description. Also, should we only count PE as being 2 semesters (1 credit) since that's what is required? M is active during the warmer months - hiking, swimming, camping, fishing - works out with weights regularly, enjoys sparring with my son, and still practices his Tae Kwon Do routines and the discipline he learned.... I came up with:
Physical Education provides the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to engage in lifelong physical activity and includes general physical fitness, basic techniques of conditioning, continued study and practice of Tae Kwon Do (including complex routines with an emphasis on discipline), basic Kendo, throws and break falls, one-step sparring, working with weights, walking, hiking, fishing, swimming, camping, outdoor survival skills, with an emphasis on applying these skills to real life experiences. Also includes basic sports medicine including the treatment of athletic injuries, basic anatomy and physiology, basic first aid, and treatment and rehabilitation techniques. Course credit and grading was primarily on the reading and written work as the physical portions of the course were practiced throughout the high school years.
He'd like to include a course on J.R.R. Tolkien, maybe one on C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling and/or comparing books with film versions. Any good ideas for including that when the study was done totally independently?
Also, M wants to go to culinary school but he will be doing his first 2 years (minimum) at a liberal arts college. We've come up with at least half a dozen different culinary courses (titles, descriptions, grades, credits) but I'm wondering how many of these courses we should include on the transcript for the liberal arts college. This college offers no cooking courses so he plans on taking general courses (math, English, history, science) before transfering to a culinary school that offers a BS degree and that will let him transfer the credits.
Any other advice?
Thanks,
Sue