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Then why didn't you just test out of your grade level and into the next ?
That option does exist for those that know it already.
It's not uncommon for public schools to disallow such promotion. They don't want to deal with underage students in class. Everyone has to march lockstep except for the ones who fail. This is why I have 13-years and 20-year-olds in the same class. The youngest student is frequently the top student in the class.
It's not uncommon for public schools to disallow such promotion. They don't want to deal with underage students in class. Everyone has to march lockstep except for the ones who fail. This is why I have 13-years and 20-year-olds in the same class. The youngest student is frequently the top student in the class.
It's allowed in Texas. A comprehensive test for each core subject and you have to pass each one with 90 or better.
So there exists a test I could take, which upon if I pass, than they would have just given me my high school diploma?
Dang I was not aware of that. That is like the cops not telling me my Miranda Rights.
Yeah..it's called the GED and it's good in any college in the US for enrollment. You know it all by 16, then GED your way into college.
Texas allows it but I can't speak for your state.
It's allowed in Texas. A comprehensive test for each core subject and you have to pass each one with 90 or better.
Can you start this in elementary school? If so, then what about the kids who have mastered the middle school curriculum by age 7 or 8? Are they allowed to attend high school?
So there exists a test I could take, which upon if I pass, than they would have just given me my high school diploma?
Dang I was not aware of that. That is like the cops not telling me my Miranda Rights.
No "A" test, a test for every subject. You can test out of any subject. They're called placement tests. I think you'd still have to have the correct number of credits to graduate though (you'd just take higher level classes) but you could always just get a GED if you wanted to just test out.
I have to ask how far ahead they pushed you in high school. If you were so advanced, I'd think that the school would recognize it. My dd is advanced. They pushed her into high school classes starting in 7th grade. She'll run out of classes to take in 11th grade so they'll ship her off to the local community college to finish high school in the 12th grade. I see students pushed ahead all the time.
You are both right and wrong. We still do have children/students who are smart and full of ingenuity and not lazy, and I deal with them on a daily basis. But unfortunately, they are slowly becoming the minority. And depending upon the field your DH is in, he may be dealing with those who are still in the majority. And may I ask what ages they are?? Just wondering, for I have really seen a decline from the 90's to now in the classroom.
DH works with people in their 20's and 30's. He's a Boomer.
I've got family members in school from elementary to college. They and their friends constantly impress me with how seriously they take their studies. My 12 year-old nephew is thinking about what classes to take in high school because he already has his heart set on a particular university.
Maybe my family is exceptional? I can accept that.
I dont want to to portray myself as advanced. What does that mean anyways? If you do not have a mental handicap, we all have the same genetic capacity to understand math, language, logic, memorize data, conceptualize. All the levels of thinking that separate us from animals, excluding those of an artistic nature, all us can do equally as well as anyone else. What really separates us is discipline, and motivation.
When I was in high school, heck, even middle school. I knew what I wanted to know. I knew what questions to ask. But I had to follow what the teacher was doing. I had to wait until the teach arrived at something I wanted, and that happened sporadically. I found classes difficult for this reason, and not lacking the intellect to grasp the subject matter.
There were couple of kids on my town who eventually got shipped off to "better schools" like Bergen County Academies, or Bergen Tech, ehh something like that. I guess they would be what you consider "advanced". Having known those kids, I will tell you they are not advanced, they just fit the nerd stereotype, and they were "good students" FOR THAT GROUP OF TEACHERS.
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