Job offer.

[buttercup132]

If you are a smart sort of person (in school)

Thing is I'm not. I don't know if you guys have this where you live but here we have Academic classes and applied classes. Applied classe are more slack, hands on and easier where academic you don't really get any help from the teacher it's just come in class this is what your supposed to do and you do it no help no explaining.
I have all my life in high school taken applied classes, all through middle school I stuggled to pass and always had C's and D's. Now on my last year all of a sudden it's like I'm in all academic classes and I'm getting work piled on me, we get assigned big projects when we aren't even finished the ones we were doing before. That freaks me out and I can't do it especially when thats not what I'm used to.

Who wants to hire someone who decided to quit school and just take the GED because it was the easy way out??

I don't plan on getting hired anywhere I will have my own place no matter what.

you seem like a really intelligent girl

I am but not in school. I'm smart when it's something I like and am motivated to learn about.

Do you plan to be a groomer forever, or at least 10+ years?

I do, I planned on it for the past few years. This might sound dumb but my mom also went to a phsycic (sp?) and she said she saw me being very succesfull especially if I got into fancy? clipping, I assume what she ment by that is show clipping.

If I ever need my grd. 12 I can always get it whenever I want.
But really that is very very doubtful being as even if for some very very strange reason it fell through I would still be doing the same thing which requires the same things.

[KittyGurl]

I don't plan on getting hired anywhere I will have my own place no matter what.

So are you just going to be a grommer for the rest of your life? Don't get me wrong, it's a good job, you get paid, but wouldn't you want a different job to get paid more money. People these days only care about education. Dropping out of high school is a BAD idea. Even if you do get Cs and Ds, it's a lot better than dropping out of school.

[jennielynn1970]

Having to complete a project or a paper is too much of a challenge??? Geez girl, hate to see what happens when you have adult commitments and obligations.

We all do things we're not used to. Life is a challenge.

If you can live with mom and dad for the rest of your life, don't have to worry about bills (and your biggest goal is to get a horse and not your education).... yeah, well, I guess I don't have to continue this thought.

[buttercup132]

Having to complete a project or a paper is too much of a challenge???

Uh it's obviously harder then that, but you do a great job making me feel even more dumb.

and your biggest goal is to get a horse

I never said that was my biggest goal in life..

[KittyGurl]

Uh it's obviously harder then that, but you do a great job making me feel even more dumb.

Well, if it is too challenging why do you just tell us what the assignment is and maybe someone can help you out. Have you ever asked your parents for help?

[Giselle]

Buttercup, don't feel like none of us know what you're going through. I'm a Junior. I'm going through the worst year of high school, what with worrying about my grades, the SAT I's, the SAT II's, the ACT, and the dreaded English term paper.

I know. It's tough. You feel like giving up half the time. But here's one thing that separates the achievers from the wishers: Commitment.

You have to commit. You can't settle for C's and D's. You have to want yourself to succeed and you have to commit to that. How many hours do you spend on Pet Talk? Cut it down to half, and spend the rest of that time studying. I really shouldn't be on PT right now, but I know myself and my schedule well enough to budget my time efficiently. There are days when I skip using the computer for many days. Sacrifice your computer and your current job before you sacrifice your education and a hope of a better life.

Don't quit school!!!!

[KittyGurl]

Well said Giselle. Good advice!

[jennielynn1970]

Uh it's obviously harder then that, but you do a great job making me feel even more dumb.

I never said that was my biggest goal in life..

I don't make you feel any way. Only you can make yourself feel dumb.

What I want to do is shake your shoulders for wanting to take the easy way out. Don't give up because of a challenge. Get a tutor, or a peer tutor. Form a study group or find one that is already formed. I'm sure you're not the only one who has problems in school, and others would benefit from help as well.

Look at the kids who have disabilities, mental and physical, and they stay the course. They face challenges that you could never even imagine.

Finish your senior year. Seriously. You're SOOOO close to the end. Don't give up now. You'll kick yourself in the end.

[Alysser]

Alicia, if you ask anyone in high school on here, we all know what you're going through. I know, it's tough. I just started Freshmen year, although we have to go through all the 8th grade crap, I know it is going to get harder. MUCH harder, whenever you advance to another grade. Aren't you a senior? If so, then just finish this year off. It'll do you good, and it can't hurt. Although you may be stressing right now with it, this will be your last year of school, you DON'T need to go to college but as everyone said finish High School. I get B's and C's and D's to. Hey, it's still passing. As long as you pass, you'll be fine.

[kuhio98]

Don't quit school! You are limiting your options for the future. Most jobs require at least a high school diploma. Who wants to hire someone who couldn't be bothered to at least finish high school?

You may not want to be a groomer a 5 years from now. You don't know what the future holds. You may change your mind tomorrow. But, that's what being young is all about. Trying out new things and seeing where they take you.

If you want to own your own business, you have to know a lot. You have to know what you're doing or the right questions to ask to hire people who do know what their doing. How will you know if someone is cheating you in your business?

Please quit telling yourself that you're dumb. That's a cop-out. What you may be is stressed, depressed and looking to take what seems to be the easy way out. In the long run, it will be much harder to make a living if you cut and run now. If you quit, it will get easier and easier to quit on yourself.

Please stay in school. You just might learn something -- maybe about yourself.

[Catty1]

Saw a program on the news the other night.

There was a counsellor talking about how about 40 - 60% of high school students are doing self-harm - cutting themselves, excessive piercings, etc.

One of the stress factors he mentioned was homework just getting piled on the kids.

There are many stories of bright people in the wrong kind of training - Einstein was a high-school dropout.

BC, first find out if the GED would cost you anything, or if you could do it through the school system where you are. I think you need to do this at your own pace - just make sure you KEEP the pace - and I hope you can have access to tutors that wouldn't cost you too much, or be covered for the cost somehow.

The GED books tell you what you need to know for the test. See your school counsellor - they aren't there just for emotional troubles, they help with school stuff as well. Maybe there is a way to do some courses online, as a compromise? Maybe you need to be at another school. Tell the counsellor what you told us - how impossible and overwhelming it is. See if there are other options you can work with.

ETA: How about working, and splitting your senior year over one year and one summer - or even two years?

It isn't always the student's fault. Some need a different way to learn what is needed to be learned. My mom was a teacher of all levels and kinds of kids for over 40 years, and she knows that.

Like the "Fame" school, or the ballet and music schools in old Russia, it would be great to have an educational place that included your grooming skills!

In any case, talk over this option with a professional at the school, and even maybe see if you can talk to some folks who did the GED and are doing fine a few years on.

Not everyone is an academic - and it can be sheer h*** to struggle being a square peg in a round hole for years.

[moosmom]

You think writing a paper or completing a project is a challenge??? Try being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor on your brain stem at the age of 16, going through major brain surgery and having to learn to walk, talk, dress, and feed yourself all over again. That and keeping up with your studies to graduate with the rest of your class. THAT little girl, is a REAL challenge. And THAT is what my daughter had to go through. She never once complained how tough she has it.

So while you're having a pity party about how "tough" life is for you, I suggest you grow up and make your parents proud by graduating. This way they don't have to refer to you as their high school dropout.

[caseysmom]

Seriously you are getting good advice even if it is coming out kind of harsh. Who cares what anyone else thinks, do this for yourself I promise you will be glad later. I hated high school but a year after I graduated I went to college and loved it, I would have never thought I would.

[jennielynn1970]

There are many stories of bright people in the wrong kind of training - Einstein was a high-school dropout.

It isn't always the student's fault. Some need a different way to learn what is needed to be learned.

Like the "Fame" school, or the ballet and music schools in old Russia, it would be great to have an educational place that included your grooming skills!

Not everyone is an academic - and it can be sheer h*** to struggle being a square peg in a round hole for years.

While alternative schools are a good option, normally one does not wait until their senior year to change course.

People do learn in different ways, and many times learning disabilities are diagnosed and adaptations are made in school. In the US it's called an IEP (Individual Educational Program or Plan), and if the child is learning disabled or gifted, or has any kind of disability, they normally are evaluated and have one of these implemented in at least middle school.

I was a business major in high school. I had Bs and Cs and wasn't a fan of school. I went to community college and discovered that there were so many other options out there, and teaching styles and courses offered were just as varied. I'm the first one who will tell you that I NEVER thought I'd ever have my masters degree, let alone be an educator myself. Not saying that college is a necessary, but high school, finishing school, that's just a no brainer.

Stay in school. You're a senior. If you drop out, the odds of you going back are slimmer than someone who drops out of college and wants to go back.

Make finishing your senior year your goal for now. Rise to the challenge. Teachers normally don't set you up to fail... they give you what they think you can accomplish, even if it will be a challenge. If you are given a certain amount of work, then the expectation is that you CAN achieve the goal of finishing it. Some of our lowest level kids achieve more than anyone would have ever thought they could have because the teachers they had believed in them. You have to believe in yourself as well.

Don't make excuses for yourself. You can do what you set your mind to. I'm sure if it was something that you wanted, you'd do it no matter what others said, even if you knew it was next to impossible to achieve.

[Karen]

Sweetie, I know we all seem to be ganging up on you, but I do hope you continue with your schooling. Meet with a school counselor, and see if you could do some compromise between your course load and work, and maybe get some class credit for work.

Why? When you plan on having your own business? Because every business needs capital - as in money. A bank is going to have serious questions about lending you money for your business without a high school diploma.

Seriously, not that you haven't thought about this, but do sit down with someone you can trust at school. This is a huge decision, and not having a high school diploma can make life much more difficult than it needs to be.