Sam has always hated school, she excell's but hates it (well not math
). This year she lost credit in a few classes cause of absneces, school is ridiculous about this, and she wasn't happy. Well the principal called her in and suggested for her to get her GED, mind you I was not happy, I had been battling this with her for over a year, and then the school mentions it without talking to me first.....after the anger I listened to her, she wanted to go to college, she was just sick of high school.
So I looked into a community college, which is set up like a 4 year, live on campus the whole nine yards, and she can do it at 17, she can take classes before her GED but we would have to pay, after her GED finacial aid will be available. I am not going to do it through the high school, I can have her done in a month through BSU versus the school which would take until well into summer (to late to get her app's for college in), I will have to pay for her to take the compass test.
SO she talked to her dad (who she is a lot like in temperment when it comes to school) and he agreed, maybe I'll go in with her and get my GED...
She is excited, I just don't think she gets how hard it will be. In Idaho you can't get a drivers license if you drop out, even if you get your GED, and the college is about 7 hours from the house (they do have public transportation) and she know that for the most part she haas to support herself, otherwise she could have stayed in high school. She made an adult choice and she will have to live like an adult, we'll help some, I won't let her go hungry, but she has do do it.
I hope we didn't make a mistake!
So I looked into a community college, which is set up like a 4 year, live on campus the whole nine yards, and she can do it at 17, she can take classes before her GED but we would have to pay, after her GED finacial aid will be available. I am not going to do it through the high school, I can have her done in a month through BSU versus the school which would take until well into summer (to late to get her app's for college in), I will have to pay for her to take the compass test.
SO she talked to her dad (who she is a lot like in temperment when it comes to school) and he agreed, maybe I'll go in with her and get my GED...
She is excited, I just don't think she gets how hard it will be. In Idaho you can't get a drivers license if you drop out, even if you get your GED, and the college is about 7 hours from the house (they do have public transportation) and she know that for the most part she haas to support herself, otherwise she could have stayed in high school. She made an adult choice and she will have to live like an adult, we'll help some, I won't let her go hungry, but she has do do it.
I hope we didn't make a mistake!