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[quote=Anonymous]I would suggest balancing coursework with jobs that combine some professional experience with academics.

My kid is volunteering for an environmental non-profit.  He is wading into rivers to do water sampling and drain renovation.  If this were a paying job, it might help someone assess if they wanted to be an environmental technician and provide pocket money.  There are paying jobs like this.  Doing a job like this that doesn't require a college education can still help someone decide on a curriculum.

There are also lab technician jobs at hospitals and other places, doing sampling.  They don't pay a lot but that is okay while you are a student.

I would recommend that your son try to self-diagnose his problems in math and rebuild fundamentals.  If he committed diligently to the process he could do some of it on his own.  I recommend using IXL.com to diagnose skill deficits.  It costs about $15 a month.  If he does a lot of 11th and 12th grade math on there, he will get a parent report on what he doesn't know/doesn't remember.  Then he can use Khan Academy for free to study the parts he doesn't know by matching the lesson names.  Doing this at his own pace might work better before starting a college class.[/quote]

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