School credits

[Mamimikun]

Some states I know CA has some what home school go in twice a week for a test do the rest of the work at home, I did it and loved it took me half a year then a normal year in highschool. Check out city of angels or and independent study programs

[Zalius]

do drugs before you make your decision

[Osede]

I meet one person and he introduces me to his friends and their friends introduce me to their friends and so on. In turn, I go out every night. I skipped school nearly one fourth of the semester, and when I actually did go I was high on assorted teenage shithead methods of getting high. Didn't do my homework, didn't do my school work. I can only imagine what would've happened if my I had actually stayed in school.

Learn to say "No" to friend, if you don't like or don't want to go.

Yea it is hard to do so, but you will find that 80% of the time wasted was because you are unable to refuse the invitation from your friends, even you don't want to go.

[Ohaigaiz]

I don't understand why people would assume I couldn't say no to people. I was like 15, alone in a new state, alone in a new high school. If I don't like what's going on, I'll leave. I wanted to be high all the time back then. I wasn't afraid if I didn't get high my bros would leave me, lol.

Anyway, this thread is getting fairly derailed. The point of me posting it was to hear feedback on if I should go back to the classroom for 6 months and get the credits there, or just stick with the nearly unbearable online courses and get the 2 credits now.

[Correction]

Go with whatever choice yields more discipline in your study habits, that's the only important skill you'll keep once graduating from High School.

Given the circumstances, going to class is going to get that job done better than slogging through an online course you despise.

[Kaeko]

Here's my opinion - go back to normal school. I know it sounds like jumping through hoops just to complete 2 courses you could probably just finish from the comfort of your own home, but the point's to get off your ass and do something. You seem like a smart guy and if your teacher recommended APs to you then you're above average. But if you're like me, you can hear people telling you to toughen up when you get to college, but you won't do anything. Only if you get put in a situation where for some reason you're forced to get up will you get into that routine and habit. Very few people can just go "I think I'll start being a good student" and flip the switch. You need to have a routine, get used to it, and eventually have it become your normal way of life. That's what normal school's for.

[Ohaigaiz]

If I average out the hours of work I have to do, I could be done with one class in a little under 2 weeks if I do roughly 8 to 9 hours of work a day. Then apply the same to the other class. Taking this into consideration, most colleges are full after april, afaik. Even if I get these 2 classes done before summer is over, it wouldn't even matter I think, and I'd still have to do nothing or work until I can enroll again.

[Toxictaru]

So do it fast and work anyway. At least you'll know its done.

I dropped out of high school twice. The first time I was given the option to come back and take my exams anyway. I did and passed all of them, which fortunately allowed me to continue on. I made it through about one month of classes in my last year and basically decided I'd rather get high and go home and sleep. I did this until April of that year, when I had to "take a week off" because my uncle died. I was sitting in the parking lot of my school with my dad when I finally came clean about not having been to class in 6-7 months. When I got in I was given the option to fail my exams or just take the rest of the year off, get an early jump on finding a summer job and try again. A week or two later, my mom, my brother and myself made the decision to move across the country. I turned 18 a month later.

When we moved, I never really got settled. I tried to do some outreach programs (somewhat similar to homeschooling), but found that working at my own pace meant either a) I did the work too fast and got bored, or b) ignored it, and never got it done. I worked for a while, but ultimately, didn't accomplish much. The next summer, we moved again (an hour south of where we were) and I was faced with an ultimatum from my mother: work or get out. I was 19 by now.

I worked, and I worked.... I was working 16-18 hours shifts, 7 days a week for about 8 months. I tried and tried to find some way to get back in the school. Never happened, and I eventually moved out on my own, and had to work a lot to make sure I had a place to sleep... school never happened. I got married, moved to the states for a while, school didn't happen. Even when my dad died and I was left with $30k in my pocket, I never took the time to register and get my life on track.

It took my brother getting fired from his job for me to actually do something. When he was talking to an adviser at the school, they told him to bring me up. I was registered, loans applied for and started classes 3 weeks later. Best thing I've ever done. I'm doing my classes online, so I can keep working full-time (I have people to support). I've never been more motivated to do something now, at 27, than I have for anything else in my life.

Like Sath said, if I had my time back, I'd have never dropped out of high school for drugs. I'd have been nose deep in books any time I wasn't actually in class. You learn pretty quick that without it, you'd be lucky to have much more than a job in fast food.

tldr; finish up how you want. If you're going to a regular in-class college/university and have the option to finish your current classes in that environment, do it. If you feel confident enough to take on that task when the time comes, that might be best if you can work at your own pace at home. Just don't be an idiot and take too long to continue with your classes after high school.

[Moridam]

Just to give you guys a little idea, this is the grading rubric for one of the online classes. It's just for 1 chapter.

Well, for what it's worth, pretty much every undergrad class I've taken has had similarly outrageous estimates for how much time you're supposed to spend on the material outside of lectures. Most professors say something like 3 hours of study for every 50 minute class, which in my experience is complete overkill.

If you can complete the required coursework satisfactorily on your own, you shouldn't need much more than a few hours' review for all of the material to pass the course with a high grade.

Also, if you're worried about admissions...

Most basic state/community colleges (at least the ones I'm familiar with) should have enrollment up until add/drop ends for the upcoming semester. I had to re-apply to my current school after taking a semester off, and they didn't accept me until 2 days after classes started. Still got registered/paid/etc. and made a 4.0 for the term despite being horrendously late with everything.

[wagon]

Trust me, it will only get harder overtime. You can't run away from obligations, you can only postpone them. Finish the classes and get some good grades 3.8+ from a community college before transferring to a good college. One thing I wish I knew earlier is that where you graduated from is more important what your major is. I have seen ivy league graduates who studied philosophy, psychology, or history got jobs in lucrative, technical positions.

[Conformity]

From what I understand, posting cp in every GD thread will get you the needed credits.

[Clerix]

Here's my opinion - go back to normal school. I know it sounds like jumping through hoops just to complete 2 courses you could probably just finish from the comfort of your own home, but the point's to get off your ass and do something. You seem like a smart guy and if your teacher recommended APs to you then you're above average. But if you're like me, you can hear people telling you to toughen up when you get to college, but you won't do anything. Only if you get put in a situation where for some reason you're forced to get up will you get into that routine and habit. Very few people can just go "I think I'll start being a good student" and flip the switch. You need to have a routine, get used to it, and eventually have it become your normal way of life. That's what normal school's for.

I was one of those "Flip the switch" students. I hated high school with a passion. I went from barely passing my classes in HS (I was very unchallenged in my classes, and I felt that homework was a waste of time if I already knew the material) to going above and beyond the maximum requirements in my college homework. Even though it's only a community college, I'm holding a 4.0 compared to my 2.35 I had in Highschool. I was about a week into my first semester at college when that switch was flipped; I was given, what seemed to me, a huge research project. Instead of blowing it off, I went home and had it done and ready to turn in literally the next class. In high school I generally waited until the last minute to do my projects, and they were usually half-assed.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

I would find out which one looks better on paper for both your future employment and college advancement purposes. Sometimes a GED is not as good on paper as a regular high school diploma. It depends on the job or school you are planning to go to next. Find out which diploma, or course looks better on paper. You can ask a college counselor.

If the online course appears to be academically more professional then choose it. Another reason to continue the online, is you are already invested.

If it is a financial thing, take into consideration costs of all of the things including costs of the alternative to online courses you will need to take, books, food, clothing and transportation.

Sometimes people neglect the transportation and eating away from home/bag lunch part of going to regular schools, daily clothing to wear and also the time investment but they only look at the course costs of vocational/online in comparison.

I wish you luck in what you choose

[Skyylya]

So do it fast and work anyway. At least you'll know its done.

I dropped out of high school twice. The first time I was given the option to come back and take my exams anyway. I did and passed all of them, which fortunately allowed me to continue on. I made it through about one month of classes in my last year and basically decided I'd rather get high and go home and sleep. I did this until April of that year, when I had to "take a week off" because my uncle died. I was sitting in the parking lot of my school with my dad when I finally came clean about not having been to class in 6-7 months. When I got in I was given the option to fail my exams or just take the rest of the year off, get an early jump on finding a summer job and try again. A week or two later, my mom, my brother and myself made the decision to move across the country. I turned 18 a month later.

When we moved, I never really got settled. I tried to do some outreach programs (somewhat similar to homeschooling), but found that working at my own pace meant either a) I did the work too fast and got bored, or b) ignored it, and never got it done. I worked for a while, but ultimately, didn't accomplish much. The next summer, we moved again (an hour south of where we were) and I was faced with an ultimatum from my mother: work or get out. I was 19 by now.

I worked, and I worked.... I was working 16-18 hours shifts, 7 days a week for about 8 months. I tried and tried to find some way to get back in the school. Never happened, and I eventually moved out on my own, and had to work a lot to make sure I had a place to sleep... school never happened. I got married, moved to the states for a while, school didn't happen. Even when my dad died and I was left with $30k in my pocket, I never took the time to register and get my life on track.

It took my brother getting fired from his job for me to actually do something. When he was talking to an adviser at the school, they told him to bring me up. I was registered, loans applied for and started classes 3 weeks later. Best thing I've ever done. I'm doing my classes online, so I can keep working full-time (I have people to support). I've never been more motivated to do something now, at 27, than I have for anything else in my life.

Like Sath said, if I had my time back, I'd have never dropped out of high school for drugs. I'd have been nose deep in books any time I wasn't actually in class. You learn pretty quick that without it, you'd be lucky to have much more than a job in fast food.

tldr; finish up how you want. If you're going to a regular in-class college/university and have the option to finish your current classes in that environment, do it. If you feel confident enough to take on that task when the time comes, that might be best if you can work at your own pace at home. Just don't be an idiot and take too long to continue with your classes after high school.

First off and this is not directed at the quoted passage but the OP, how lazy can you be to fail high school. you can show up to class and put your head down and still get a B average.

More to the point, listen to this if nothing else in this thread.

I work in admissions for an online college and talk to people every day with stories like this. For one reason or another you fucked up, were lazy, made the wrong choices about school and ended up married/divorced with 0-4 kids, no job or working 12-16 hours a day for 8 dollars an hour and almost no options.

I know that online colleges have a stigma to a lot of people but the truth is not everyone has made the decisions that will let them get into even a state college. And to be perfecty honest a community college won't give you quite the same training as even an average online 4 year college that's accredited. I went to a 4 year private school on ground and always thought online college was a joke. After working for one for a year now and seeing all the shit we have to do to maintain our accreditation it's no joke at all. It's one of those things you have to see to understand.

If you have any care what-so-ever as to how the rest of your life will play out...do whatever finishes your highschool level education as soon as you can and get into college, it'll be the best decision of your life.

I talk to people all day with nothing beyond high school that've been unemployed for months/years and can't get a job because they have no formal education at all. I have a bachelors of arts in psychology which doesn't mean squat, but i have a 4 year degree. After resigning my position at Chase where i was making very good money i was only unemployed for about 60 days and only 30 of those were spent looking for a job. Part of that is cause i'm extremely good at interviewing, but i wouldn't have gotten the interviews if it wasn't for the education. I'm 27, I just bought my first house and i'm perfectly financially stable and able to enjoy my hobbies, all cause i went to college and now i get to help people hopefully get something of that themselves.

Not to advertise, but if anyone wants to talk about an online college i know all of them in and out and would be happy to advise if a school is on the up or if the one i work for suits you. Just PM me.