I need a better solution!!

I go to a alteritive school for high school dropouts and failure and now I need a better solution.

I do all my classes online, but no matter how fast I work I always fall back, today I went up to my teacher and ask to take out some of my classes in a course and as he was doing it he asked me why I haven't done any of my math class (math is my worst and most hated subject so I do it last) but before I could explain he said "you know, you need to do it, you're going to fail this trimester".

I cried after I heard this because now I feel like I'm going to be in this hellhole for the rest of my life, I hate it here

I need to do something else instead of this school.

Any Help?

Hello Ardmore,

Not sure if this option is available to you, but I am in a program that offers independent learning courses (ILC), where the work is done at your own pace. I am currently taking two courses right now, and even though I won't finish both of them by the end of the semester, I am allowed to carry them over into the next semester, and take both semesters to finish! They will be labelled as credit recovery courses, but generally post-secondary institutions don't care if they are labelled as such.

I like the fact that I get to go at my own pace, without the pressure of deadlines. It actually makes me work HARDER than if I had been in a regular high school, with the pressure of deadlines. I do most of my work on paper, but sometimes on the computer too.

I almost forgot to mention, you also get to choose how often you attend the school. This is because many of the students have conflicting work schedules, are parents, etc. I only go one every two weeks, usually, and do most of my work from home. As long as I check in with the teachers on a regular basis, they don't mind.

I wonder if this might be an option for you? I hope you find something that works!

Are you in a high school completion (HSC) or a GED program? Maybe this has some info you can use?

http://www.michigan.gov/mdcd/0,4611,...801---,00.html

I'm going to give you some advice on routs I took to get through school (and am still getting through school), and maybe you can apply them.

I have a learning disability as well as multiple mental health issues, but I made my high school and now my university bend where I can not. I had something called an IEP (Individual Education Plan) when I went through high school. Essentially it's a program that you and a guidance councilor work out (although I think I had to go through a specialist to get the LD diagnosis. I think you need a dx of either learning disability or mental illness) that helps you work how you need to to get through school. For me that meant I wrote my exams on a computer.

Now in university I have a similar thing, but more extensive to accommodate the mental illness factors. I not only write my exams on the computer, but I also am aloud to take all my notes on a computer (some prof's enforce a no tech rule), and can get last minute extensions on things if I need to, and if a required course is online, I and the professor will work something out to eliminate the online factor. See for me, if I have an online course, I simply can't do it. I will not do it. I do not have the self discipline to do something I don't particularly want to do unless there is an actual human being who might be disappointed in me who I have to see on a regular basis.

Those are just some ideas. Talk to your school, or if they don't offer it and you're willing to, look into some of the other schools. It makes it more of a challenge, but it also makes it a challenge that you are able to over come. Hopefully that helped a bit.

Please note: I'm from Canada, so some of the terms might be different, but I would be very surprised if a similar thing was not offered where you are.