9th grader

9th grader, who took Pre-Algebra this past year, is trying to gain credit for Algebra I (this summer) by studying the booklets provided by his private school. Today, I talked with him as he seems to only be reading material at home and not working any problems. I reminded him that he is attempting to do what few students attempt, thus he has to put in an exceptional effort by doing all the problems that the regular students would be required to work out. Today we were on Chapter 4, with this being just his 2nd session.