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GED vs. HS diploma
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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 473372" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>People,</p><p></p><p>thanks for the stories. They give me some hope. I think some kids just need that frontal lobe to mature more before they can commit themselves to doing something for their own long-term good. We are going to try to hang in there--son turns 17 in a month and hopefully he will have most of his credits done by the time he turns 18 so the incentive to drop out will be less. </p><p></p><p>What is hard to know is when you just say, its your life, your decision, if you want to drop out of HS its your business, and when you say, no you got to keep with it, mom knows best. The school has been very accommodating in terms of trying to find the easiest path, and son might even be elgible for enrollment in community college for dual credit with HS paying. But he is kind of scared about taking what would be self paced welding classes because most of students are older people trying to get job skills. Dad may end up enrolling in community college to go with him (which dad wouldn't mind so much).</p><p></p><p>It is just so tough to keep pushing for a kid who just wants to go play with the other lost boys, a la Peter Pan. Fortunately right now no drug issues so at least that is good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 473372, member: 2322"] People, thanks for the stories. They give me some hope. I think some kids just need that frontal lobe to mature more before they can commit themselves to doing something for their own long-term good. We are going to try to hang in there--son turns 17 in a month and hopefully he will have most of his credits done by the time he turns 18 so the incentive to drop out will be less. What is hard to know is when you just say, its your life, your decision, if you want to drop out of HS its your business, and when you say, no you got to keep with it, mom knows best. The school has been very accommodating in terms of trying to find the easiest path, and son might even be elgible for enrollment in community college for dual credit with HS paying. But he is kind of scared about taking what would be self paced welding classes because most of students are older people trying to get job skills. Dad may end up enrolling in community college to go with him (which dad wouldn't mind so much). It is just so tough to keep pushing for a kid who just wants to go play with the other lost boys, a la Peter Pan. Fortunately right now no drug issues so at least that is good. [/QUOTE]
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