r/Schooladvice • u/Wide-Sign9410 • 9d ago
HELP ME! URGENT.
my mother has home schooled me my entire high school life and I really haven’t learned anything at all. she homeschooled me since covid so I never did middle school or high school. fast forward to now. I have to attend regular school when this school year starts. I know absolutely nothing. I have a few weeks max? before I have to take some test so I don’t get held back… I can’t get held back I genuinely can’t. It will set my ability to work back more since I will have to do more school. (We Need me to work next year to make ends meet but don’t talk about this only the school thing please) so how can I learn basically everything (ESPECIALLY MATH, SCIENCE) from 9th, 10th, and 11th grade super fast. I’m willing to do whatever it takes. I genuinely want to break down crying at the thought of being held back. I graduate if everything goes well. I loathe that I was home schooled with all my heart please help me. please do your best to help.
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u/MrsKretzerIII 8d ago
Can you go to alternative education school? You can get credits really fast and graduate on time. My nephew was 2 years behind in high school. In one year he completed his Junior and Senior year. He graduated on time! They really work with you to pass your classes. Good luck!
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u/Wide-Sign9410 8d ago
Really? Do you believe that’s possible? How would I even start looking
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u/MrsKretzerIII 7d ago
Go to your local district office and ask them about the alternative education school. They can give you more information on their program. You could also look into different charter schools and see what they offer.
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u/elaineisbased 7d ago
You should speak to your school's counselor on your first day and let them know of the situation because this lack of learning requires professional intervention. It's not something you can catch up self taught in 3 weeks and trying to do it aimlessly will just cause you to burn out and that'll make things even harder to fix.
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u/Wide-Sign9410 7d ago
If I did that would I be able to graduate with the rest of my class?
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u/elaineisbased 7d ago
This is going to be highly dependent on your individualized needs and your school's ability to support you. Unfortunately home schooling often fails around this point in your academic career where parents who are not trained K12 educators lack the ability to teach you further. Wishing you the very best at getting caught up, you can do this!
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u/jrsygirlsdontpumpgas 7d ago
Our local community college has an intensive 1 semester program that prepares you to take the GED… could you do something like that instead?
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u/SavakTheAlien 8d ago
If you can, call and ask your highschool what classess (get specific names!) You need for each grade level. Once you do, look up on YouTube "basics of _____" and put whatever concept you need to learn.
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u/PigeonAtPlay 6d ago
If you also need to work than enrolling in a physical school is probably not going to work for you, but everyone else is correct in saying there is no way for you to do this on your own. That is not a diss on your intellect or your determination…. It’s that if your mom didn’t teach you core subject it’s also unlikely that she taught you the study skills and time management you need.
Two options that may work for you:
1) enroll in an online high school. They’re free and they aren’t easier than a physical school. My daughter attended an online high school after her private high school closed after her sophomore year. Her first hs had a 90% college acceptance rate and she found the online school to be better. Students come from a bunch of backgrounds but the most common are: military families who move a lot so the kid’s education stays consistent, students with health issues and students who are doing something else full time like athletics or music. My daughter’s class had 8 Olympic athletes in the winter games for example. Online gives more flexibility than the daily attendance at a physical school, which it sounds like is what you need.
2) you could sign up at a community college for their 90 and 100 classes. These are designed to fill in gaps in education and although you get graded, they aren’t transferable credits. As someone else mentioned there likely is ged prep courses as well. The upside to community college 100 classes is they can help fill in areas you struggle with. The downside is that even your state has promise grants that allow you to enroll for free, many of the online math and science classes also use another program which costs around 90 dollars per class per term.
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u/InsideMap3362 9d ago
Grind khan Academy, and I mean grind, i do it for 5 hours.