My girlfriend Laura was talking about the workout video “Jillian Michaels – 30 Day Shred“. It tells me that I could lose 20 pounds in 30 days. I was watching the demo on YouTube (sitting in front of my computer in a cushioned swivel chair) thinking about getting the video so I would be in shape for all the weddings this summer. Great idea, right?
Then my husband brings me back to reality. “It looks hard. You would actually have to do the work.” Hmmmmm.. I knew there had to be a catch.
“You mean to tell me that simply owning it is not enough???!!!”
Homeschooling high school is a lot like exercise videos. You can buy everything you need, but it’s not going to do you any good unless you USE the products. One of my clients confessed that she bought the Total Transcript Solution months ago, but hadn’t touched her transcript yet. Remarkably, simply owning a transcript solution will not solve your transcript problem, anymore than owning a weight loss video will solve a weight problem. (Believe me, I should know!)
With that in mind, can I just make a suggestion? Please make your transcript today! It’s spring, and I’m starting to get those calls from parents with a senior in high school. Three today. Full panic mode. Failure is an option (even for great homeschool kids and wonderful homeschool teachers) if you never make a transcript or apply to a college at all. Panic can be completely eliminated if you simply work on your transcript each year in high school.
Another client call me this week, asking for some feedback on her transcript. She was embarrassed and giggling about her transcript for a 9th grader. “Who makes a transcript for a* freshman*?” she laughed. But I have to tell you, she is getting her transcript done in the spring of 9th grade. She will never feel that senior year panic. She will always feel confident in her record keeping abilities. She will be prepared for any scholarship, internship, insurance, or summer camp experience that might need a transcript. No panic. It’s a great place to be.
Again, please work on your transcript. Don’t just own what you need to make the transcript, but actually MAKE the transcript. Make your transcript every year in the spring. It doesn’t have to be perfect, you can always call it your “work in process.”
Just please, please, please do it each year and don’t wait until senior year.
You can get the Total Transcript Solution here. Then all you have to do is implement!
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Bethany LeBedz says:
Love the analogy! Sure enough, that Jillian Michaels DVD DOES require A LOT of hard work. And, I didn’t even lose 20 lbs. in 30 days. Transcripts require work, too! I’ve got mine in progress for my 10th grader, but I’m still working on some of the finer points (like course descriptions & the reading list from 7th & 8th grade when she read all the great books).
March 26th, 2010 at 7:16 am
J W says:
Guess it’s time to get off my duff – my 7th grade child and I are probably as fluent in French as a first-year high school student. She can write a decent 5-paragraph essay too, and I know I didn’t learn that until high school. In fact, her essays have more style and are way more interesting than mine ever were. OK, OK, OK… I’ll start the transcript, I’ll start the transcript…
March 27th, 2010 at 6:00 am