My son has been working at a restaurant as a cook for several months. In order to keep this job, he had to memorize the entire menu & pass a test with at least 90%. Along with preparing ingredients for the dinners prepared he is required to perform clean up at the end of the night. This includes cleaning fryers, grills, burners, mopping floors & and another other tasks to clean & prepare kitchen for next day. Would this be a legitimate credit to count for high school. The public schools have programs which allow students to earn credit through employment & although I don’t want to compare, I also don’t want to leave any possibilities out. Thank you for your input.
~ Stephanie in Missouri
Yes, you can absolutely call it a legitimate high school credit. You can learn more in my free webinar on grades and credits and also in the Total Transcript Solution.
You're right that we shouldn't compare, but it's also a good idea to look at things with an open mind. If they can count those credits, then so can we. Yes, count it :-)
In our local high school, one of my friends volunteers as a cheer coach. She says her high school girls get a whole credit for DECA classes. One girl is in charge of baking cookies that the group sells for their class. All she does for the whole year is take pre-made frozen cookie dough and bake it. That's it. All year. Whole credit. Can you imagine!? So perhaps we don't want to compare out class content too much, but if they can count work hours, so can we.
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