BJU for high school math? Or any other suggestions?

[Lynn in Caribbean]

My ds (8th grade) is using BJU pre-algebra this year, and it is going pretty well - slow but steady.

I am considering moving onto BJU algebra next year for 9th grade. After using Abeka for grade 3 (moved too fast for him) and Saxon for grades 4,5,6 (the longer we used Saxon, the more confused he was), then Lial's (too "adult" for him) then finally BJU (which seems to work for him), I am reluctant to switch publishers. We finally found something that works for us!

I don't see BJU math (at the high school levels) mentioned on this board very often. Please share some pros and cons with me!

I am very comfortable teaching math as I have a math/computer sci background. My ds really struggles though. Ironically, the fact that math comes easy for me makes it difficult for me to teach him. There are so many times when it seems completely obvious to me, and I just don't get how he cannot get it! For this reason, I am considering ordering the DVD's as well.

Thanks for any info you can share on BJU, or feel free to suggest something else that might be a better fit for a student who struggles with math.

[Lynn in Caribbean]

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[gardenschooler]

I used BJU Algebra for dd#1, but I'm using Lial's for dd#2. BJU doesn't have enough explanation for me at that level, although we did like it. You'd probably do fine with it. The only people I know of on the board that continue with it past around Algebra use HomeSat.

[Valerie(TX)]

There are ladies on this board who have taught classes using the BJU texts, LoriD or Lori M ??, maybe Jann -- sorry, I can't remember. The consensus was that the texts were sorely lacking in explanation and in practical application problems. (My personal experience on that, too.)
If they are used, they'd have to be heavily supplemented.

Geometry w/ homesat was OK. Precalc with Homesat was bad news.