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Re: Beach High School

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Post by astura » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 12:19 PM UTC

smabie wrote: post #43

astura wrote: post #36

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My cousin went to a private high school to set him straight. It worked and he graduated and the school really improved his overall behavior and outlook in life. Now, this was a real school with real paying students who physically went there everyday, real work, and real qualifications for graduation. However, he found out the hard way that it didn't count at all, because his high school wasn't accredited. He constant…

What kind of employers even give a shit about accredited high schools? I didn't even graduate high school and I don't think a single person has ever asked about it.

So it either matters, or it doesn't.

In cases were it matters, your cutesy personal school isn't going to me the requirements. In cases where it doesn't matter then it just doesn't matter. So creating a school is 100% pointless.

To answer your question, governments and any other employers who have codified job requirements (large ones, mostly), and maybe others. My husband spent two decades in the Navy, was hired for his job based entirely on his Navy experience, and still was required to prove he graduated from high school before starting. I thought it was very silly.

Beyond that, different programs (not specifically employers) my cousin was interested in were requiring his high school to be accredited. Massage school was one of them, there were others he mentioned but this was nearly two decades ago so I don't recall specifics.

Re: Beach High School

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Post by erdos4d » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 12:25 PM UTC

vertis wrote: post #64

I really wish something like this existed at a University level. I started and never finished a university degree in Australia (circa 2000), because I ran out of money and my home life was in a state of disarray (parents mid divorce). 20 years later I'm a working technologist and could probably teach almost all the undergraduate subjects, but I never got that piece of paper. Universities usually have the ability to a…

> Universities usually have the ability to award credits for prior knowledge, but I doubt they would respond well to you rocking up and asking for credits in everything.

I did half of my BS this way, it was via an experiential knowledge option at my university. I was at a state school and it boiled down to money either way, so be ready to pay wherever you go. I had to pay most of the tuition for each class and take the final exam for the credit. Saved me 2 years of actual time though.

Re: Beach High School

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Post by itronitron » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 8:28 PM UTC

schwartzworld wrote: post #68

zerof1l wrote: post #47

One issue I see with this, unfortunately, is that most universities require a High School transcript that details the grades and subjects taken along with GPA. By getting this diploma, you won't get that. That eliminates a lot of choices for getting a university degree. Sadly many jobs in STEM require a university degree.

You can probably get around this by starting at. community college and then transferring to the school of your choice. Most schools have stricter admmissions standards for new freshmen than they do for older students transferring over.

Also, some states (maybe all) require that state universities accept students that have completed two years of community college.

Re: Beach High School

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 05, 2021, 2:00 PM UTC

oorza wrote: post #30

anonymousiam wrote: post #27

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Some people have a learning style that is not compatible with public high school. This is true for both me and my kids. All of us had problems in school and were evaluated to see if we had learning disabilities. We all tested above the 98 percentile and were in AT/GATE programs. Also, we all tested out of high school via the CHSPE. For me, it was a choice that I have never regretted (except for not going to the prom)…

Honestly sounds like you, and to a lesser extent your children, needed high school for non-academic reasons as much as most people need it for academic reasons. If you have problems in school and test in the top 2% of intelligence, you have problems in other areas that need to be addressed, and can be in a social classroom. Speaking from experience.

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Re: Beach High School

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Post by barry-cotter » Mon, Apr 05, 2021, 2:53 PM UTC

oorza wrote: post #30

anonymousiam wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some people have a learning style that is not compatible with public high school. This is true for both me and my kids. All of us had problems in school and were evaluated to see if we had learning disabilities. We all tested above the 98 percentile and were in AT/GATE programs. Also, we all tested out of high school via the CHSPE. For me, it was a choice that I have never regretted (except for not going to the prom)…

Honestly sounds like you, and to a lesser extent your children, needed high school for non-academic reasons as much as most people need it for academic reasons. If you have problems in school and test in the top 2% of intelligence, you have problems in other areas that need to be addressed, and can be in a social classroom. Speaking from experience.

I hope you’re this insulting sometimes in person because it would be great if you got the kind of consequences that come of that kind of language.