Topic: Help me brainstorm, perhaps provide insight
started by: RenegadeSnark
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Webbie/EIC
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My suggestion is talk to the worthless guidence counsler and see if it is possible at all. And REMEMBER, a college prep diploma has NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO (zero, zilch) advantage over a regular one. It's only meant to challenge a student and prepair them for college. So you could probably just go with the regular one.
Hope that helps! 
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<P:\>erson\Guy.exe -PersonGuy *pERSONgUY.cfg
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Unless you're a hardcore academic or going to college purely for vocational training, you probably don't want to go to college after your sohpomore year in HS. You'd be the odd man out.
Just cruise through HS and enjoy the ride. . .
i wanted to go through college at the same age as everyone else in college because i didn't want to be the odd one out. when all my friends go to the pub, i didn't want them sayin 'uh, sorry kuru you hafta stay home. you're not old enough to vote yet, they'll never let you in'
i'm glad i finished regular high school, graduated with all the idiots i'll never see again, went to college the same age as everyone else, and can now go get drunk off my ass with the guys right after exams are over.
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kuru
'put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S
relativity.' - albert einstein
You're 18 years old, you don't know shit about shit, and pull up your pants!
I'm in all accelerated and honors, and yet the material is still SO SLOW for me that I NEVER pay attention or do homework. It leaves me barely passing. I don't want this for two more years.
Today my counselor encouraged me and showed me how to graduate my Junior year. I think I'm gonna do it, then go to college.
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Webbie/EIC
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Founder < http://tucb.com/ >
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Originally posted by askheaves:
Well, after my experiences, I can say I disagree with you too. Take the opportunity to do something fun: tech crew for theatre, start up a geek club, speech/debate, etc. There are other things to do than homework. I don't think I really did much of any homework in my last 2 years of high school. I was doing band, tech crew, speech, rollerblading, etc. I had things to fill my time that were fun, not homework. Trust me. When you get to college, things will move fast enough for you. It certainly did for me.
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Webbie/EIC
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Founder < http://tucb.com/ >
also, if you're currently failing or nearly failing your accelerated and honors courses for lack of studying, you've got to face the reality that you probably will not do too well in college either. 99\% of the reason i had a tough time with college was lack of general study habits and/or study skills. i never did homework or stuidied in high school, i aced the classes, and then i got to college where the work was actually hard and i was fucked.
if i were suddenly 14 again, knowing what i do now, i'd have at least attempted to study just so that when i got to college and it all really counted, i wouldn't be tryin to learn it all at once.
good luck dude, but i do think you're crazy. it's hard to explain to someone who hasn't already been hit with the reality of the adult world that they should enjoy being young and having no responsibilities while they can.
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kuru
'put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S
relativity.' - albert einstein
I've got maybe, 2 grade 11 courses this year (I'm in grade 10). I say maybe because I still have to take a test to get into the other, but it's all good. Anyways, graduating early isn't the way to go. I agree, cruise through your high school years. Always remember that there's never any turning back, and you'll regret not enjoying the ride on the one way street. God I hate analogies, but it makes sense ok?
So anyways, with these grade 11 courses, I can take blocks off in grade 12, or if I want to, I can graduate a semester early, and travel across america or something.
I agree though, if you're failing your classes, that's bad news. In my classes, they're pretty easy. Most of the time I draw, or think up stupid ideas for multi-billion dollar businesses. I haven't done homework in 3 years, but I still get B's in almost all my classes. Challenge yourself a bit. Sorry for the length, heh.
quote:
Originally posted by kuru:
good luck dude, but i do think you're crazy. it's hard to explain to someone who hasn't already been hit with the reality of the adult world that they should enjoy being young and having no responsibilities while they can.
Hear hear! Well put. I heard it a million times when I was young: "enjoy your youth", and I never understood why they said it. People older than me now would say "enjoy your youth". I don't understand them now, but I understand the people a while back now. It's all full circle, we'll always warn those younger than us, and we'll never listen to those older. Oh well.
I recommend going into college at the normal time. Don't go in with anything wierd. If you go in thinking you are better than everyone else, you get smacked. Actually, it's not that they're younger that makes them be neglected. It's the social differences between someone who is 16 and 18... it's the difference between someone who has been in a high school setting for 3 years or 4 years.
I'm doing a program here in Minnesota called the Post-Secondary-Enrollment-Option, which basically keeps your high-school status, while allowing you to take classes at a college (and getting high school + college credits for free). I'm not sure if Texas has anything like this, but if you get some of your friends to do this with you, all i can say is go for it.
I did this this year, and am basically getting 2 years of college for free, so by the time I graduate high school (if i play my cards right), i will have an a.a. degree or an a.s. degree at the same time i get my high school diploma. I did this with my friends and am just having a blast. I usually go into the college at 9am, and am done with classes about noon. much better than a high school schedule, imo.
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-The Drunken UPS Man
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quote:
Originally posted by PersonGuy:
RSnark, I say get done ASAP. And if you ARE worried about being young in college, just take the year off! Make a cool website and sleep in! Mabey even meet a nice lady.
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Webbie/EIC
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Founder < http://tucb.com/ >
Challenge yourself and learn on your own without school. Heck, look at my sig for advice
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I never let my schooling get in the way of my education - Mark Twain