I currently take community college courses along with high school, but i did know I could do this until late junior year. I'd love to be able to drop out of high school and enroll in community college and transfer, at leaset I'd learn something....
Bored w/ schoolof CA7:46PM December 30, 2008
This is great! I myself am a student at an Early College High School in El Paso, TX (Mission ECHS), and we will all be graduating with a "distinguished achievement" High School diploma and at least an Associate's degree.
I'm very glad to hear that programs like these are becoming more and more widespread --- especially considering our moving away from a production economy to a service and/or knowledge economy.
Yeah, normal --- or "traditional," if you're in the presence of our dean of instruction --- high schools are quite a bit slow, dull, and completely hindering on our thought.
rvmof TX11:34PM December 28, 2008
It sounds like a good alternative path. However, in good schools ( public or private) bright students are already challenged with courses such as AP or IB, so it's OK. My son took 12 AP classes and got credits from summer in Stanford-- the opportunities are there for parents and students to grab!
Johnnyof CA11:55AM December 28, 2008
In the Philippines, students graduate at 16 and enter college. I have some people in my family who 22 years old and working on getting their masters and/or doctorates. It's a great motivator.
of IL12:54AM December 28, 2008
My son was so bored with high school that he was thinking od dropping out and working construction. Instead he took an exam, The California High School Profieciency Test, skipped the last two years of high school and enrolled in our local community college. He was 15. Later he transferred to UC Davis and earned his bachelors and then his Ph.D. in biophysics.
This is a GREAT idea not only for college bound young people but also for thos who want to get first rate vocational training.
Thelast two years of high school are a complete waste of everyone's time, and also of tax money.
Peter Christiansenof CA9:49PM December 25, 2008
I would've loved to take advantage of a similar program when I attended high school. I came to Brooklyn NY from Russia just in time to start high school, having finished 8 grades in my home country. It turns out that it was equivalent of a high school education in this country. I wound up sleeping through the classes and graduating with a C+ average simply because there was no way I was going to spend hours to do the same homework I've done in a different language years ago. So far, I have a 3.9+ GPA in college, and it would have been great to stat Learning (and not Reviewing) much sooner!
I can't say how much the people who grew up here would benefit, but it's still a nice option to have. I'm sure the exceptionally bright people already have ways to bypass the public education system, but this should also the bright ones an option to study ahead and arrive to their academic goals sooner.
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of IL 12:54AM December 28, 2008
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