Homeschooling question, please help or I might just drop out of highschool?

Question

I am currently going to a public school.

Okay so this schoolyear I managed to fail Geometry & German during first semester. Which means I need to retake the class. Is there ANY way I could do homeschooling in my free time or over the summer to get credit for the classes?

If so please tell me what I can do!!!

Answer 1

you really only have one choice. Summer school. Because you won't get credit for classes over summer unless you're homeschooled. Other than that, you should do summer school.

Answer 2

u could do summer school.

Answer 3

There are a number of schools that offer online classes. You can take a course in each, hopefully move at your own pace, and pass their tests. I don't know how that would fit into what your school allows. If you can't get credit, take something else and then test out if you want to go to college. You can get a GED. Chances are, you will have to choose one action or the other. If you can't do it in school, then homeschool fulltime. Talk to your parents about this. See what they are willing to do. You can also find other places where you can get information online. I'll bet you could find a few web sites where you can learn geometry concepts. You can also probably find places that have good German lessons. I learned to read German, and here's how I did it. I got some children's books and a dictionary. To begin with, I had a reading vocabulary of 500 words (from studying German in school and just being around; I observed in our kids' German classes in the local community college, and I'll tell you about that in a minute, because I think that would help). I read every day for a half hour. Any word I didn't know, I looked up. At the end of six months, I had a reading vocabulary of 5000 words. I have been able to use this same method to learn to read other languages, and I currently read 15.

In German class, I love the way the teacher taught. He would start class by giving us a list of 25 or 35 vocabulary words for the week. He told us to get a stenographer's notebook, and put the German words on one side, and the English words on the other. Then when we were relaxing (watching TV or whatever), we were supposed to look at the English and try to remember the German word on the first line. Then we should do it with two words. Each time, we added a word. (He learned our names in class this way, by the way, and knew them all the first class). After giving us the vocabulary words, he would ask each student an English word, and if they told him the correct German word, they got an A for the week. The words were chosen from our list, of course. If someone missed, he got a second word. You could make up these tests. After that, we would recite conjugations and declensions for five minutes. By the end of the semester, we knew a bunch of them, and could still recite them all in five minutes. Next, he would write a nonsense sentence on the blackboard, that had a grammar element in it. Things like "the ugly blue frog jumped over the lazy table." He'd go around and help everyone when needed, to translate it into German. Finally, he would read to us from a German children's book for awhile. He didn't translate. If you passed all your vocabulary, attended class, you got an A for the semester. If not, you flunked. It may sound silly, but it really works! Ich hoffe, daß Sie deutsch lernen können! :)

You could follow a similar program at home. Get a German textbook (college will be fine). You can use the weekly vocabulary for your list. Get a book called 500 German Verbs Fully Conjugated. Start at the beginning, and learn to recite some of them from memory. You can find declensions in your German textbook. There are sentences in the textbook you can translate into German. Take it easy, and it will come.

As for geometry, I should tell you that there seems to be a new approach to a lot of math courses from the time I went to school. I learned to do proofs, and I really think this is a good idea. You could probably find a really old geometry textbook where you can learn that. I remember that the most important item we learned was CPCTE, which we were to picture as emblazoned in the air in electric blue letters. It stands for Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles are Equal. It's the basic principle on which all proofs are based. We learned both plane and solid geometry that year. I found the work interesting and easy. I don't know what they are teaching these days, but you probably have two choices: one is to learn geometry as I did, which probably won't get you any brownie points, and the other is to learn it however they teach it. I can't give you any advice about that, but I would encourage you to learn traditionally. I think Saxon Math has a book on Geometry you might find helpful. Check it out on the internet. The good thing about his books is that it really drills in the concepts. Since you struggled so, this probably would be good for you.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Summer school won't kill you! You go 6 weeks to make up two Fs. You go 3 weeks to make up one F.

Some of my friends had to go. I went for 3 weeks after 11th grade as insurance. I could've graduated without going, but I couldn't afford any more Fs thanks to being lazy as a freshman.

I got a B in that summer school class, and made the honor role during my senior year. Looking back, that summer school class credit wasn't used after all.

I was still glad I went, I didn't do anything else that summer.

Answer 5

Most homeschool programs don't provide public school credits unless they come from state run programs.

Answer 6

You can't be homeschooled and a full time student in public school at the same time. If you are then it isn't really homeschooling. The only way you can solve your credit problem would be to either do summer school, see if your school offeres online classes, or try to work out some alternative with your councilor if neither of the first two options are available to you.

...personally, I'd do real homeschooling. But that will require a lot of self-motivation and commitment, and you'd have to get your parents onboard with the idea.

Answer 7

Wow.  You are serious about your education but don't want to do summer school?  

Many public schools are offering on-line classes to help students.

Check with your guidance counselor.  Follow his/her suggestions.

Homeschooling is great if you want an education.  Homeschooling and public school that is  done at home are two different things.  If you want a public school diploma, which is of little value if you do not have an education, then follow your guidance counselor's advice.

Answer 8

Ask people at your high school for help.

Answer 9

public schools rarely accept homeschool credits.  My friend was not allowed to attend highschool for his senior year because he only had homeschool credits.

I doubt it will work.

Answer 10

I don't 'do' blackmail.

But you might try giving up the 'drama queen' act for a start. You'll 'drop out' of school if you don't get your own way (have us tell you what to do)...and you'd rather commit suicide than go to summer school! Oh, Puh-lease!!

(Talk of 'dropping out' and 'suicide' make you sound like my 5 yr old brother having a hysterical tantrum cuz he can't get his own way all the time!)

I'd suggest you calm down, dump the drama queen routine, grow up a bit and then get on and re-do the classes you flunked, be it online, at home or (shock! horror!) at summer school.

And just be grateful that, having already failed them once, your school are willing to let you go to summer school if that's what you have to do to get a second chance at passing these subjects.

Answer 11

Brigham Young University has internet classes.  Some school districts accept those credits toward a diploma.  Go ask the school counselor right away after break and try to get started when you have some momentum if possible.  I am sure there are classes somewhere that will work.  You have to insist and threaten to quit if they don't accommodate you.  Good luck!  Please don't go the GED route. I have heard that it is the same as proving you finished middle school no matter how you score.

Answer 12

If you would rather commit suicide than do summer school, then it sounds like you don't really care about getting these credits. Not to mention, you are prepared to drop out of school over having failed two classes.

Figure out your priorities and what's important to you. I don't know about where you live, but where I live now and where I lived when I was in high school, it was totally normal to come back for an extra semester--or even year--to finish getting the credits needed for a diploma or to get into college. Some came back to redo courses they had passed so they would get the mark they needed for college. It's really not the end of the world. And it showed maturity on their part.

No, you won't be able to homeschool for just those two classes and have your high school recognize the credits. However, you could talk to THEM about possibilities. Maybe they'd allow you to challenge the course--which would be sort of like homeschooling, except it doesn't fall under homeschooling laws in any way--or can provide other alternatives. There might be some correspondence school courses they recognize. Ask them.

And rethink your view of summer school: do you find your view very mature? Would an adult take such a stance? What is in YOUR best interests? Take care of yourself instead of worrying about what people will think of you taking summer school or how bored you think you might be, etc. It's only a few months that will benefit you for a long time.