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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 258658" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>For kids of above average intelligence, school is a struggle every day for 12 years even if you're not a difficult child and then if you graduate and go on to college it gets even worse. His situation is really sad; I was a teacher for over 30 years and saw this kind of thing repeated over and over. My older difficult child got thrown out of school two weeks before graduation; he also has a 130+ IQ. He took the GED test (you don't have to take all of the classes first; just may your money and take the test) and he got a perfect score on all but one section and on that one he scored very high. If you want to go on to do snobby things a GED is not as good as a diploma but if you just want to get out and get on with your life, there is very little difference. Community colleges and state universities accept GED students just like they do those with diplomas. And for most of the kinds of jobs you can get with only high school, it doesn't make a lot of difference either. Getting a GED will not solve his bigger problems but it would be a start. Hopefully somebody can talk him into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 258658, member: 135"] For kids of above average intelligence, school is a struggle every day for 12 years even if you're not a difficult child and then if you graduate and go on to college it gets even worse. His situation is really sad; I was a teacher for over 30 years and saw this kind of thing repeated over and over. My older difficult child got thrown out of school two weeks before graduation; he also has a 130+ IQ. He took the GED test (you don't have to take all of the classes first; just may your money and take the test) and he got a perfect score on all but one section and on that one he scored very high. If you want to go on to do snobby things a GED is not as good as a diploma but if you just want to get out and get on with your life, there is very little difference. Community colleges and state universities accept GED students just like they do those with diplomas. And for most of the kinds of jobs you can get with only high school, it doesn't make a lot of difference either. Getting a GED will not solve his bigger problems but it would be a start. Hopefully somebody can talk him into it. [/QUOTE]
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