Tink Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 [color=#ff0066 ]Salve- Hokay, so here's the deal. Lately I've been realizing how truly and utterly useless my high school education is. Although I have tons of friends and fun at times, I seriously do nothing all day. I wake up dreading another day of dull classes and learning nothing, and go home to find myself swamped with homework that I truly don't need. I took the SATs in 7th grade and scored higher than 80-something percent of the seniors that took it that year. I've looked into getting my GED and its looking quite appealing.... Does Steubie accept GED peeps? [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I say drop out of school completely. Forget college. Education is way overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 My son dropped out because he was getting no help with dyslexia and social anxiety problems. He is now attending Community College after getting his GED, but it has been a long hard struggle .Before you decide to drop out check your local laws. Many states will not let you get a GED until your high school class of record has graduated. Are you in advanced classes in your high school? Can you take classes at your local college while in high school? Can you transfer to a cyberschool? My senior year [back in the day] I had English once a week and Acapella choir 4th period and then I was done for the day. As a result I had many opportunities to study interesting things and do special projects which made senior year a breeze. Explore all your options because there are many things in high school besides academics that can fill your time and you can miss later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortnun Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Tink... how much longer (years? semesters?) would it take for you to graduate? I highly recommend graduating and NOT going for the GED. I know you live in Northern Indiana (my old stomping ground), will your high school let you take college courses now? That might be a way to help you academically and satisfy your intellectual cravings.... Prayers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furay Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I dropped out and got my GED. In hindsight if I had to do it over I would've stuck it out. Your mileage may vary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicemary Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 You sound alot like I did when I was in high school. Do you know why? We were bored and not intellectually stimulated. Do not drop out. You will regret that decision forever believe me. Hang in there. School is truly what you make it. Do you think college will be any better? No way. I know I will sound like your parents! Whether you know it or not you are learning skills you can't learn while cramming for a GED. And what do you think you will do all day, lay in bed? I bet your parents will have other ideas. And working is 1000 times worse anyday then school. Get your butt in gear and get to class. Make the best of it, heck do some of your homework while sitting in class. Read some of your classwork. Find what your academic interest are and develop it. Really throw yourself into your education and make it count. You will never walk this way again, you will never be cared for as your high school teachers care for you. In college no one cares if you are there or not. And as am employer, I would circle file any application that came my way with a GED. It means you can't stick it out. My opinion only, but I ask that you try somemore! AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cow of Shame Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Are you in college prep courses? Are you involved in academic extracurricular activities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowak.chris Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Can you convince your parents to homeschool? Then take a full course load at a community college... Get all those annoying pre-req's out of the way, and make'em count double!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toledo_jesus Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 [quote name='Tink' date='Jan 26 2006, 11:27 AM'][color=#ff0066 ]Salve- Hokay, so here's the deal. Lately I've been realizing how truly and utterly useless my high school education is. Although I have tons of friends and fun at times, I seriously do nothing all day. I wake up dreading another day of dull classes and learning nothing, and go home to find myself swamped with homework that I truly don't need. I took the SATs in 7th grade and scored higher than 80-something percent of the seniors that took it that year. I've looked into getting my GED and its looking quite appealing.... Does Steubie accept GED peeps? [/color] [right][snapback]866532[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Don't even think about dropping out. Unless you want to spend your life playing catch up, you NEED that high school diploma. It will be so much simpler if you just tough it out for however much longer. It's weird, but you don't have perspective on the rest of your life in high school. This is a decision that will alter the entire course of your life in unforeseen ways. It wasn't until I got to college and actually looked at the figures for college students, graduate incomes, and the like that I realized how crucial the rotten education I got in H.S. was. You know you'll make like $10,000 less without a diploma? And you know that to actually be competitive you need a Masters? And you know that a B.S. actually only puts you in about the same position as a H.S. diploma used to do? Dropping out of high school would not serve you well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photosynthesis Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 [quote name='toledo_jesus' date='Jan 26 2006, 01:19 PM']And you know that to actually be competitive you need a Masters? [right][snapback]866613[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Only if you do your undergrad in something like Philosophy or French. There are a lot of industries where you don't have to go to grad school to make a decent living. I majored in communications, and in journalism most employers care more about whether or not you can write a good story than whether you have a graduate degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337 k4th0l1x0r Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Nothing gets in the way of learning more than education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toledo_jesus Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 [quote name='photosynthesis' date='Jan 26 2006, 01:26 PM']Only if you do your undergrad in something like Philosophy or French. There are a lot of industries where you don't have to go to grad school to make a decent living. I majored in communications, and in journalism most employers care more about whether or not you can write a good story than whether you have a graduate degree. [right][snapback]866617[/snapback][/right] [/quote] that's true, but the sense I'm getting now as a senior in college is that your B.S. is worth less than it used to be, and to be truly competitive in the field one needs a masters. I don't like the fact that so many people go to college, honestly. We need more factory workers and janitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLAM Dad Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 [quote name='Tink' date='Jan 26 2006, 10:27 AM'][color=#ff0066 ]Salve- Hokay, so here's the deal. Lately I've been realizing how truly and utterly useless my high school education is. Although I have tons of friends and fun at times, I seriously do nothing all day. I wake up dreading another day of dull classes and learning nothing, and go home to find myself swamped with homework that I truly don't need. I took the SATs in 7th grade and scored higher than 80-something percent of the seniors that took it that year. I've looked into getting my GED and its looking quite appealing.... Does Steubie accept GED peeps? [/color] [right][snapback]866532[/snapback][/right] [/quote] I homeschool my kids and as such I put little value in a diploma. There are LOTS of homeschoolers who go to college and do very well, sans HS diploma (other than something that their parents might print out at home). Have you taken the SAT recently? If you do very well on it, the diploma becomes less important. I'd be interested to hear why those who went the GED rout regretted it. Tink, I was just as bored in HS as you are. And you know what? I was bored in college getting my Computer Science degree too. Degrees, be they HS or college, say a lot more about one's discipline to stick to something than they do to your intelligence or education. If you can do very well on your SAT and you plan on receiving a college diploma I don't think you'll ever suffer from not having a HS diploma. If you plan on not going to college than get your HS diploma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgirl Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 [quote name='photosynthesis' date='Jan 26 2006, 11:26 AM']Only if you do your undergrad in something like Philosophy or French. There are a lot of industries where you don't have to go to grad school to make a decent living. I majored in communications, and in journalism most employers care more about whether or not you can write a good story than whether you have a graduate degree. [right][snapback]866617[/snapback][/right] [/quote] I have a Masters in French and I'm still not competitive! Stay in school! But if you can, dual enroll in a community college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Tink, if I remember correctly, in Indiana you have to wait a year after dropping out of school to take your GED. Can you find ways to make your education more interesting? Maybe extracurricular involvement or additional things you can do on your own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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