Question about schooling...

[WutangFlu]

I'm going into my Sr. year this upcoming school year and I've had enough of my school. The faculty, and teachers are not that good, in fact they're not good at all. (I.E. I learned nothing this past year except for math) everything else was review for me, and the teachers didn't teach me anything new, and I was often so bored in class I actually read a literature book while the teacher was doing her "lesson" and I got told not to by her... -.-

 

 

 

I recently had the idea to take online high school courses through http://www.mnohs.org/ as it seems like it would provide more to me than what my current school has to offer.

 

 

 

I was wondering if anyone here has done online schooling, and how it was for them, or what other opinions on this siltation would be.. What would you do?

[How2PK]

I tired it. But the only thing I learned was that I didn't have enough dicipline.

[WutangFlu]

I tired it. But the only thing I learned was that I didn't have enough dicipline.

 

 

 

hmm, like sticking with the lesson plan without the teacher telling you to, and managing your own work time?

[How2PK]

I just didn't do it. I had to work a lot at that time as well (more than I planned to) and when I was off I was suposed to do that stuff, but I prefered to do fun things and rest from hard work. It seems easy when you see it, but when you need to study at home all the time and nobody breathing down your neck that you need to do it, things become a lot harder.

[WutangFlu]

I just didn't do it. I had to work a lot at that time as well (more than I planned to) and when I was off I was suposed to do that stuff, but I prefered to do fun things and rest from hard work. It seems easy when you see it, but when you need to study at home all the time and nobody breathing down your neck that you need to do it, things become a lot harder.

 

 

 

I honestly think I could handle the self-management, I don't work currently so a job getting in the way wouldn't be a problem. How were the online teachers and counselors? And also, how were the assignments for you, that you did do? What did it mainly consist of?

[IGoddessI]

Move to Australia and do a certificate IV in Adult Tertiary Preparation

 

 

 

problem solved :P

[How2PK]

I didn't have any contact with the online 'teachers'. I could contact them, but I just didn't bother. I didn't do any assignments either. I started out with a 'testfase' to see if you're up for it which lasted half a year. I got trough half of the first book (out of 3 from the test fase) and I just stopped working on it. But you should work next to it. An online study isn't meant as a full time thing, but part time. You were ought to spend about 20 hours a week on it, then you have got a lot of spare time where you can't do much, you'll get bored pretty quick. I had a 40 hour contract, so I couldn't combine it. But if you work 20 hours a week or something in a store it shouldn't be too hard.

[WutangFlu]

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I didn't have any contact with the online 'teachers'. I could contact them, but I just didn't bother. I didn't do any assignments either. I started out with a 'testfase' to see if you're up for it which lasted half a year. I got trough half of the first book (out of 3 from the test fase) and I just stopped working on it. But you should work next to it. An online study isn't meant as a full time thing, but part time. You were ought to spend about 20 hours a week on it, then you have got a lot of spare time where you can't do much, you'll get bored pretty quick. I had a 40 hour contract, so I couldn't combine it. But if you work 20 hours a week or something in a store it shouldn't be too hard.

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yeah, currently I have A LOT of free time which I often spend doing practically nothing. 20 hours doesn't seem like much to me at all... I don't even think 30-40 would be much.

[How2PK]

Not to drag you down or something, but don't overestimate yourself, could work out nasty. If you're not used to it 40 hours of work a week is a lot, and doing a study next to that, it's really not that easy as it looks. If I were you I'd just stay in school.

[WutangFlu]

Not to drag you down or something, but don't overestimate yourself, could work out nasty. If you're not used to it 40 hours of work a week is a lot, and doing a study next to that, it's really not that easy as it looks. If I were you I'd just stay in school.

 

 

 

I think I misinterpreted you somewhere. I wont be working a job at the same time as the study...

[How2PK]

Why not though? If you got so much time on your hands, it wouldn't be wrong to earn some money on your own and get some working experience? Don't you spend money?

[StrOwez]

Why not just change schools?

[WutangFlu]

Why not though? If you got so much time on your hands, it wouldn't be wrong to earn some money on your own and get some working experience? Don't you spend money?

 

 

 

Not much honestly... I have basically everything I need at the moment, there are a couple things, but they can wait.

 

 

 

I also noticed on that site, it says you can couple online coursed, with in school courses. I suppose I could take the in school classes with the teachers that are not good, and do the online classes to make up for what i would be missing.

[How2PK]

Did it occur to you that you're not missing anything but that you're just a little bit ahead of the rest of your class? :P Don't know if that's the case, but it could be.

[WutangFlu]

Did it occur to you that you're not missing anything but that you're just a little bit ahead of the rest of your class? :P Don't know if that's the case, but it could be.

 

 

 

I do feel that way, and my school counselor thinks the same and she wants me to some college courses next year, specifically in graphic design or photography, i don't remember which one the local college has to offer. Though my English class is the worst of all my classes and our class is even told ''we should be reading.. blah blah, its college level blah blah" and yet the teacher makes us watch Disney's Pocahontas :| instead of teaching something useful. :uhh:

 

 

 

I think what i might do is take the art college course along side with high school advance art/photography, and a required Economy class. Then take my English class online and if I need more credits take media arts, or visual arts online as well. :

[Nadril]

I would just stick with it for a year if I were you. To be honest you aren't going to learn anything really useful anyways until college.

[WutangFlu]

Why not just change schools?

 

 

 

I would... but my town has a population of 1903, and theres only one high school. And im not about to move to another town.

 

 

 

I would just stick with it for a year if I were you. To be honest you aren't going to learn anything really useful anyways until college.

 

 

 

I would like to, but with the teachers im having trouble with give me bad marks when I hint to them that they aren't teaching very well. And it doesn't help when the teacher has mood swings and takes their anger out on all the students. Then my acid head art teacher... totally oblivious to everything and has no idea what people are talking about half the time... but i can just avoid her.. :]

[Nadril]

You might luck out your senior year. usually a lot of teachers that year are pretty cool with the students.

[WutangFlu]

You might luck out your senior year. usually a lot of teachers that year are pretty cool with the students.

 

 

 

not worth taking a chance at getting bad marks. my GPA is bad enough already. Not terrible, but by the end of my senior year I hope to have it back up as high as I can get it, probably right below 3.0

[crimsonking]

You know, when I was approaching my senior year of school I felt the exact same way and I ended up having a great time, even in English, which was the class I hated the most in previous years because it was basically just stuff I already knew(Plus my english teachers were complete ******s), I would recommend you stay in school, you only have one more year of it anyways.

[vladmoney]

I would stick it out, honestly. If you say you are smart enough to get a good grade, then just get the good grade. Don't complain to the teachers, just do your work. Its only one more year, I would try to suck it up, and get through it. Its up to you though, it might seem better on a college app if you graduate from a real school rather than an online one.

[WutangFlu]

I would stick it out, honestly. If you say you are smart enough to get a good grade, then just get the good grade. Don't complain to the teachers, just do your work. Its only one more year, I would try to suck it up, and get through it. Its up to you though, it might seem better on a college app if you graduate from a real school rather than an online one.

 

 

 

I do my best, and I still get a bad mark because the teacher doesn't like my attitude to her "teaching" if you would call it teaching. I still do the work though. It doesn't make sense when I'm getting C's when I was 1 of 2 people in my grade who scored a perfect on the state writing test. Another thing was when i got my report card there was NOTHING listed, and I had a D for a grade. We do assignments and essays and she doesn't even list them in the report card, or hand them back so we can look what we need to improve on.

[Lionheart_0]

I would stick it out, honestly. If you say you are smart enough to get a good grade, then just get the good grade. Don't complain to the teachers, just do your work. Its only one more year, I would try to suck it up, and get through it. Its up to you though, it might seem better on a college app if you graduate from a real school rather than an online one.

 

 

 

I do my best, and I still get a bad mark because the teacher doesn't like my attitude to her "teaching" if you would call it teaching. I still do the work though. It doesn't make sense when I'm getting C's when I was 1 of 2 people in my grade who scored a perfect on the state writing test. Another thing was when i got my report card there was NOTHING listed, and I had a D for a grade. We do assignments and essays and she doesn't even list them in the report card, or hand them back so we can look what we need to improve on.

 

 

 

I think at this point you need to get your parents involved with the teacher and faculty. It is the only way.

 

 

 

 

 

Heh, and you think thats bad, the guidance department at my school is screwing everyone around. I have had to go back a total of 5 times now for conflicts and coarse options. Not to mention tons of people at my school are getting the boot, as they all wished to graduate and leave school completely by the end of next year, but wont be able to get the courses they need unless they come back an extra year. There is approximately 200 angry kids over at my school right now.

[WutangFlu]

O.o

 

 

 

"the boot" ?

[Grim_Jokes]

Dude, you're just like me then.

 

 

 

I finally got out of that god forsaken school, I finished two years ago, I hated the school so much that I hadn't even bothered with my graduation and you know what? I don't regret a single thing. College can suck my balls. I'll just stay in the factory, work, and travel around a bit.

 

 

 

I suggest you think carefully. Just because you have everything you need now, doesn't mean you won't need the money later. Heh, wish I decided to work instead of just screwing around, I'd be in England right about now being chased by women there too.

 

 

 

Finish your school, make sure you keep your marks high. Try to get onto your teachers good side. I ended up calling some of them morons. -.-

 

 

 

Only go to college if you feel it's worth it. I'm not. I find it sad that we need a piece of paper to distinguish who's good enough for a job or not. Ah well. That's a diffrent rant, for a diffrent topic.