Does anyone in the clockcrew have experience in home schooling? From what i have seen most homeschooling programs on the web are nonacredited, which would look really bad when i apply for jobs, or possibly a college.
I need out of my current public school system, but in order to go to another school in another district i would have to high pay tuition fees which my parents aren't going to do.
stay at your current school
Home schooled children are usually completely socially inept, so obviously the Clock Crew would be the likely place to find one.
I think homeschooling would look bad regardless.
I'm pretty sure Golden is homeschooled at the moment.
isn't golden like 20
You're 15 going on 16 now. My advice is this. First assess what the problem is. Is it the fact that your school is not giving you the tools you need to succeed, is it because you're dumb, or is it because you're unmotivated. (Ask yourself this in all seriousness) If the first question is a yes, and then other two are definitely no then I would suggest dropping out, studying and passing the GED within six months, and going to a community college and finish regular college two years early. If you are dumb or not self motivated I suggest you stay in school and claim you have ADD like most idiots in America do.
Golden is not nor has ever been home schooled. As far as I know he's taking some college courses online. In fact I've seen his graduation photos.
Homeschooling is good until you get to about 6th or 7th grade, then its pretty bad. Home schooling in the US is actually really good if it's an accredited program because generally home schooled kids test better (if their parents are serious about it).
Edit: Forgot to mention I was homeschooled a couple of years, it's not easy, you're just working on your schedule rather than waiting for dumbasses in the class. If you're the dumbass in the class, I don't suggest this.
Quote from: AbsintheClock;1687698as far as I know he's taking some college courses online.
Yeah that's probably what I was thinking of. He teaches himself at home or something like that.
Quote from: AbsintheClock;1687698You're 15 going on 16 now. My advice is this. First assess what the problem is. Is it the fact that your school is not giving you the tools you need to succeed, is it because you're dumb, or is it because you're unmotivated.
I'm 16 going on 17. The fact isn't that i'm not too "dumb" I'm auctually making average grades (As,Bs). Its how i dread going to school everyday, knowing im going to be either harassed by the students or faculty. Everyday.
Today the principle thought i was under the influence of alchol, and called my parents in from work and the local police officer just for me to blow a 0. His reason was he could "smell a slight aroma of alchol" on me. Which is complete bullshit. I did not act drunk, but my eyes were a bit red from sleeping in my contacts.
The point of this thread was to discuss possible alternatives to the public education system (IE homeschooling) not to talk about all of the possible reasons why i hate my school.
Don't be homeschooled.
Don't.
Quote from: HotPocket;1687727I'm 16 going on 17. The fact isn't that i'm not too "dumb" I'm auctually making average grades (As,Bs). Its how i dread going to school everyday, knowing im going to be either harassed by the students or faculty. Everyday.
Today the principle thought i was under the influence of alchol, and called my parents in from work and the local police officer just for me to blow a 0. His reason was he could "smell a slight aroma of alchol" on me. Which is complete bullshit. I did not act drunk, but my eyes were a bit red from sleeping in my contacts.
The point of this thread was to discuss possible alternatives to the public education system (IE homeschooling) not to talk about all of the possible reasons why i hate my school.
u drunk ass mudafuka
The fact you're defensive of it makes me question how you'd handle a community college. Consider private school. Please don't tell me anything about your personal life because I don't really care. I'm only giving a suggestion based on your inquiry.
Quote from: HotPocket;1687727Its how i dread going to school everyday, knowing im going to be either harassed by the students or faculty. Everyday.
lol nerd
Christ son I had to change school 6 times with it climaxing at a principle got suspended, two nurses got suspended and lost their license and 3 teachers left volunteerily.
I was beaten up systematically by a gang of older kids for a year in one of the cases.
Bite the sour apple and come to the realization that all things passes, just don't ever let them get to you.
also; lol nerd
What rhymes with nerd?
LokiClock was home schooled, you could ask him.
Quote from: AbsintheClock;1687761What rhymes with nerd?
turd
Quote from: ☠PirateClock☠;1687691I think homeschooling would look bad regardless.
Actually it looks good if you have the test scores to match (at least here in the US).
Home schooled children tend to be better educated and motivated, and colleges obviously like that.
this is the easiest thing youre going to do in your life so if you can't handle it bootstrap the fuck up
High school sucks but it ends. If you're self-motivated though, maybe you should do what Absinthe suggested. You'd get the ball rolling in college faster.
What state/city/area do you live in? Also, what's the financial standing of your family?
Quote from: Koko the Apetheist;1687774What state/city/area do you live in? Also, what's the financial standing of your family?
None of this info would be used to make fun of you of course.
bawwwwww my school is meaan to mee
My first semester of college I took a biology class that was mostly online except for going to the lab for tests and turning in work. I really liked it but I worry if I did it again I'd get lazy like my friends all do when they take online classes.
I don't know how this goes down in the USA but ¥¥¥¥¥¥ please, high school is not that crap as some of you make of it.
IF YOU ARE A NERD AND THATS WHY YOU HATE SCHOOL THEN: purely hypothetical:
Yes kids can be hard on you, that sucks for you then. I can not imagine that one year after high school in college all the geeks and nerds are suddenly well respected, during the education and even after they will most likely be bullied.
The answer to this is not homeschooling, because this makes you even more social inept, it is trying to find something in yourself that people will rather accept than the geek that you are now.
You can't run away from this shit forever.
/ hypothetical.
lol nerd.
Quote from: CourgetteClock;1687788I don't know how this goes down in the USA but ¥¥¥¥¥¥ please, high school is not that crap as some of you make of it.
Purely hypothetical:
Yes kids can be hard on you, that sucks for you then. I can not imagine that one year after high school in college all the geeks and nerds are suddenly well respected, during the education and even after they will most likely be bullied.
The answer to this is not homeschooling, because this makes you even more social inept, it is trying to find something in yourself that people will rather accept than the geek that you are now.
You can't run away from this shit forever.
/ hypothetical.
lol nerd.
I was a giant nerd and always will be but I was fairly well liked by most of the cliques in highschool . I took systematic conditioning and even made friends with the jocks and preppies. And my nerd friends didn't get bullied either even if they weren't exactly social butterflies. It was nothing like I was told it would be, I suppose it just varies from school to school and I happened to be lucky. My only real complaint was that we had shitty deans in sophomore and junior year.
I was not a nerd in high school, but once I graduated and run into those who were it just doesn't matter anymore. Then again, at least at my school, nerds were people who were socially inept, not smart people. So your problem probably lies in your social skills, which you appear to have none.
Suck it up, learn to communicate with people. It's a skill you are going to need in life and if you run from the problem it's not going to get any better or easier on you. Consider that you may be on the autism scale, aspbergers perhaps.
Fact: the people you meet in high school won't matter in 5 years or less.
You think high school is a big deal until you leave high school then you realize how fucking stupid it all was.
Quote from: RabidClock;1687810Fact: the people you meet in high school won't matter in 5 years or less.
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Quote from: RabidClock;1687810Fact: the people you meet in high school won't matter in 5 years days or less.
fixed.
independent study is a waste of time. if you really want to get ahead and get out of highschool, get your GED, go to city college for 2 years, then transfer to a university with most of your ge's already out of the way.
edit: well i guess like absinthe said
overall just nut up, if you have friends just hang out with them and who gives a shit about anyone else. throughout all of high school i only had a single group of friends and i just hated everyone else. i sat through class and dealt with that shit and now i look back and see what an utter waste of time high school was and was only thankful that i had those friends to bear through it with.
Quote from: RabidClock;1687810Fact: the people you meet in high school won't matter in 5 years or less.
I disagree with this. Then again, I had a great time in High school, seeing as everyone got along. It's very odd how here in North-America (compared to South-America) the school system of "cool" people works. That doesn't exist down over there.
The constant harassment you receive in high school is good for you future. Teaches you how to handle criticism and learn to walk away from, or stand up to, other people's bullshit. The workforce is a sociable place, and you'll need those skills. You'll probably need them more than what you're actually learning in the classroom.
Quote from: Eff Yoo Clawk;1687856The constant harassment you receive in high school is good for you future. Teaches you how to handle criticism and learn to walk away from, or stand up to, other people's bullshit. The workforce is a sociable place, and you'll need those skills. You'll probably need them more than what you're actually learning in the classroom.
Am I seriously the only person who hasn't seen or been harassed in high-school within these forums? I honestly thought that was just in the movies.
Quote from: VirusClock;1687858Am I seriously the only person who hasn't seen or been harassed in high-school within these forums? I honestly thought that was just in the movies.
I used to get harassed when i was a freshman, until I beat up the fucker that was giving me shit. I was friendly with everyone after that happened.
Quote from: VirusClock;1687858Am I seriously the only person who hasn't seen or been harassed in high-school within these forums? I honestly thought that was just in the movies.
I wasn't "harassed." I just went through the same emotional bullshit any high-schooler goes through. The teenage years are a volatile time whether you are bullied or not.
Quote from: VirusClock;1687858Am I seriously the only person who hasn't seen or been harassed in high-school within these forums? I honestly thought that was just in the movies.
I was never harassed at all, i had lots of friends and was well liked (most people were)
Also I thought you were from Vancouver whats all this about south america?
Quote from: SilverCherryClock;1687876I was never harassed at all, i had lots of friends and was well liked (most people were)
Also I thought you were from Vancouver whats all this about south america?
I'm just saying that in most countries besides the USA and Canada, the whole highschool system of "coolness" and "cliques" doesn't exist. Everyone gets along with everyone.
Quote from: VirusClock;1687858Am I seriously the only person who hasn't seen or been harassed in high-school within these forums? I honestly thought that was just in the movies.
I've seen it happen to some kids, but it's fairly rare and usually some equally disturbed kid trying to be bad ass at school. In the end nobody cares. And I'm still friends with a lot of people from high school and I've been out six years. (FUCKKKKK)
I was pretty liked in my school. I wasn't the most popular, but at least i got along with most everybody in my senior class.
Quote from: Wind-up Clock;1687882I was pretty liked in my school. I wasn't the most popular, but at least i got along with most everybody in my senior class.
Freshman girls were better when you are a senior obv.
Quote from: VirusClock;1687855I disagree with this. Then again, I had a great time in High school, seeing as everyone got along. It's very odd how here in North-America (compared to South-America) the school system of "cool" people works. That doesn't exist down over there.
I think he means the general school populace. There will definitely be a small group of people you'll know for much longer. I still hang out with several people from highschool on a regular basis.
Deal with it, you might learn something.
Who wasnt harassed at one point in HS? The kicker is how bad was it?
Its not the students, but the faculty. I'm not a "nerd", I just really hate school. Or, atleast my school. No one in the clock crew has been to my school, and has no right to criticize me for wanting to be in home schooling. I can put up with the occasional being fucked with by students, thats not a problem.
homeschooling is one of the reasons homosexuality exists these days
I was cool in high-school. Not one of the jocks but just pretty badass and elitistic in a friendly manner.
Quote from: SCSP;1688054homeschooling is one of the reasons homosexuality exists these days
If you keep this up I'm gonna have to build a shrine to honour you.
Quote from: HotPocket;1688035Its not the students, but the faculty. I'm not a "nerd", I just really hate school. Or, atleast my school. No one in the clock crew has been to my school, and has no right to criticize me for wanting to be in home schooling. I can put up with the occasional being fucked with by students, thats not a problem.
Did you not read what I wrote? You must come to the realization that you have by far not had the worst school term here. I could go on naming examples from my own life but that would just cement TriangleClocks zealotry to brand me an emo.
I'm sorry man but anything in life worth having has to be fought for, if you want pride and a CS that doesn't stamp you a nerd you better bite through. Very few people like their school and trust me I know how it is to be harassed by the municipality but if you let the system effect you you've already lost.
Don't forget, the ClockCrew is here for you !
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PS: This is probably the most serious answer you will get from this topic and frankly I wont dignify you with anymore replies like this but rather hjump on the lol nerd wagon. I suggest you take in mind what has been said by people here and rethink your stratagy of girling out of public schools.
why are tehy teasing you anyway, there is always a reason.
i was popular.
no, really.
Sometimes life is hard, but homeschooling is not the answer. Find another school within your district, possibly far away.
Haven't you ever watched the south park with the homeschool kids? That's what will happen.
Quote from: HotPocket;1688035Its not the students, but the faculty. I'm not a "nerd", I just really hate school. Or, atleast my school. No one in the clock crew has been to my school, and has no right to criticize me for wanting to be in home schooling. I can put up with the occasional being fucked with by students, thats not a problem.
Dude, I mean, there may be more dicks at your school, but I doubt your school is WORLDS more dickly than any of ours. It just doesn't make sense that an entire district of kids happen to be douchebags (unless your town is built on some radioactive shit or something IDK).
EDIT: Didn't read that you said it wasn't the kids. But what I said holds true for any entire faculty.
Quote from: HotPocket;1688035Its not the students, but the faculty. I'm not a "nerd", I just really hate school. Or, atleast my school. No one in the clock crew has been to my school, and has no right to criticize me for wanting to be in home schooling. I can put up with the occasional being fucked with by students, thats not a problem.
stop being a little bitch
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