I dropped out of high school senior year due to issues with family. I'm now 20 years old and have three quarters left to finish. If I start next quarter I'll be 21 when I graduate. I checked the rules in my state and you can attend public school through the age of 21, so this is allowable. Should I do it, or would I be too out of place?
To hell with being out of place--DO IT! If you don't do it now the odds are it will be really difficult to do later on through GED or some other route. Just get in there and get it done.
Why wouldn't you just take a GED exam and start taking classes at a community college?
DO IT. Being out of place is unimportant.
Do it but beware of the girls under 18 yrs old. That would be a bummer situation to miss graduation number 2 because of some under age girls.
Do it! you could regret it your whole life if you don't.
In my state the age of consent is 16.
Heck, you can go back when you are 28!
Personally, I think it sounds cool, but I'm speaking as someone who didn't have a semblance of self-esteem or social skills until I was in my 40s, so maybe I'm just fantasizing about what it would have been like to be a more confident and worldly person in high school.
old schooler wrote:
I dropped out of high school senior year due to issues with family. I'm now 20 years old and have three quarters left to finish. If I start next quarter I'll be 21 when I graduate. I checked the rules in my state and you can attend public school through the age of 21, so this is allowable. Should I do it, or would I be too out of place?
You're probably one of the few high school drop outs in this country that can string coherent sentences together. Take the GED - do a short prep course if you need to review - then enter classes at a vocational/ community college. In two years you could get an RN and be financially secure (not rich) for life.
Maybe you could join the track team and give Solomon Haile some competition.
I'm not an expert in this, but my impression is that a GED isn't viewed as favorably as a high school diploma. If my impression is accurate, then I don't see much downside to going back to high school and finishing up before the opportunity passes you by. If you don't do it, you may be haunted by your decision for a long time.
My feeling exactly. If you can go the traditional route I think it's in your best interest.
Avocados Number wrote:
I'm not an expert in this, but my impression is that a GED isn't viewed as favorably as a high school diploma. If my impression is accurate, then I don't see much downside to going back to high school and finishing up before the opportunity passes you by. If you don't do it, you may be haunted by your decision for a long time.
you dont even have to do a whole year... definitly do it. When you finish and graduate you'll feel much better.
High school drop-out here.
Heed my very real advice as someone who has been there: get your GED. DO NOT GO BACK. You will waste another year of your life and you'll be nowhere. You'll also have to tolerate the high school mentality - at 20 years old you should be beyond that.
If you are intelligent enough to get your diploma then you are intelligent enough to get your GED. Sign up for it and get it THIS month. It's not difficult and just as valued as a diploma if you play your cards right.
This is how you play your cards right:
(1) Get your GED asap and apply to your local junior or technical college for fall 2009. They will let anyone in with a check book, heart beat, and GED.
(2) This is key: Apply yourself. Apply yourself at school and commit to getting a 2 year degree. Start every course at the lowest level. Trust me. Math, English, everything. Really work on learning the material and really concentrate on understanding the math, grammar, etc.
(3) Once you have a JUCO degree and a 3.0 (it shouldn't be too hard if you actually study - you'll probably have more like a 3.5) you have your meal ticket. You can get into almost any college. It may take 3 years to graduate from undergrad with credit transfers. I graduated in a total of 5 years.
(4) Do well in your undergrad work at the 4 year school. You'll likely start with a fresh GPA at 0.00 and you'll be in control of your destiny at this point.
I dropped out of high school in 9th grade. I began JUCO at 22 and finished JUCO at 24. I graduated undergrad at 27. I felt much more focused than my peers most of the time, as I had seen what failure can do.
I'm completing my J.D. from Florida this spring. You can do it! Good luck. Just get that GED 1st and don't worry about going back.
Out of place? Dude, if you are 21 and in high school, everyone will want to be your friend.