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Meril
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26 May 2015, 2:39 am

My parents homeschooled me to get me through the last bit of middle school, but they want me to go to high school next fall. It's supposedly better. I don't really trust the school system anymore. My acommadations didn't work for me, or maybe I wasn't self advocating/using them enough. I went to a special ed program with a long bus ride for middle school, but it hasn't worked since sixth grade(awesome case manager), and even then it needed tweaking. I could go to the same program's high school, but the bus ride would be ridiculous. (Not that it wasn't before, at its worst 6:20-40 through 430 about, but I don't think it was that bad every day. Part of me is a little bit excited about this, but the scared, depressed, already miss-treated by the same system part wins out. What do I do? one of my parents says that you learn more than academics in high school, but how can a burnt out depressed she'll of a person learn who they are? I would rather be a happy effective person. I do social activities, but when I am in school I don't have much for them. I don't have much for my interests. If I have no other options(might be the case), what acommadations so I ask for? I have enough stuff on tests, but what about day to day struggles? Please help! I may add more to this explanation in the morning. Thanks!



kraftiekortie
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26 May 2015, 8:30 am

My personal opinion:

Just make your start of high school a "clean slate."

Forget about all the crap you went through.

I did something similar--both when I started high school, and when I finished high school. I went through a considerable amount of crap.

This approach succeeded with me.

The older you get, the better it gets. Really.