Community college classes are not supposed to be less demanding than four-year college classes. And classes at accredited four-year colleges and universities are supposed to satisfy similar standards.
However, the reality is that you can only teach at the level that your students have reached and that as a group the students at community colleges are less well-prepared when they enter. Therefore, the academic standards may be lower and/or the curricula for classes that look the same on paper may be watered down at the community college level. Similarly, a state school that has to admit pretty much any student that applies may have to lower demands made of students in certain courses because too many of the students would fail otherwise. I am not just talking about grade inflation which is an issue even at top schools. I am talking about the course content being less demanding because students are underprepared.
In other words, while getting As in community college is something J-2 should be proud of (especially with his horrible home conditions), getting an A at community college courses like the ones on his transcript does not mean that he got a solid home school education.
(Though this is JMHO, it is based on considerable familiarity with college education. I teach at a large state university, have sat on state committees on community college education, have former students and friends teaching at community colleges across the country, etc.)
