I have mixed feelings about this one. Though she can probably get her GED without too much trouble (She will have to take the class though) she will be missing a significant year of growing up. My son also hates school and will be a senior this fall. (he is an A – B student but bored) I got him into a work study program where he will take five classes in the morning and then be released about 1:00 to work — and you have to have a job to get into this and also enough credits. He also doesn’t want to go to college but I convinced him to go to the local junior college for two years. He is a muscian and in a band and of course he plans to make it big. I told him he must have a backup plan and also to keep health insurance he must carry 12 hours. It’s so hard to be a parent and be able to honestly sway our kids to do what we think is right. She will probably get her GED and probably could get into a junior college but I would guess a four year college would tell her to go to junior college first. After all, in college you will be taking all the general education course just as you did in HS; before you start the course work for you degree. I’m sorry I haven’t been much help. Have her call the junior college and see what they say about it. You could also call her HS guidance counselor or dean. Good luck with this. Just don’t alienate her too much, but I did like the comment “How is she going to pay for it?” You could say NO and see what happens.

If she wants to take college classes has she taken the college level classes they offer in high school? If she doesn’t have the fortitude to make it through high school how does she think she will make it through college? Tell her you won’t allow her to be a quitter. Neither do employers. Why would they want to hire a quitter when they can hire a high school graduate. You don’t want her to set a bad pattern for her life. 12th grade is the best year. Did you speak to her about how great it was to graduate. How proud you felt and how joyful it was? If she studies real hard and gets great grades in the 12th grade maybe she will have a shot at some scholarship money.

How does she think she is going to pay for college?

Let her try it. Getting a ged and going to college at sixteen is better for some than the festival/carnival or gangs/drugs of our high schools. She could graduate online, do online or correspondence courses, and work at her own pace. May she succeed, and may you be proud!

g.e.d. are not as looked down upon as they used to be. as and employer, i at least know that my applicant can read and has a well rounded education. mistakes are made by parents who live vicariously through their kids. college is important, but not as important as your daughter knowing that she has a mom who loves her unconditionally. i recommend joining her, and looking at viable career options to those who have higher education, and those who don’t. this may sway her opinion on finishing school. however, if it does not, stay supportive. she can always go back to school later when her timing is right.

Well in Texas if a HS student can pass all the required courses, they then teach college courses for college credits and it’s their dime. Check out what you state or school dist. has to offer.

i think of you’re able to do the HS degree by using correspondence classes or an determination college. yet I believe the respond above maximum companies now seek for the degree and the two a GED or HS degree equivalate to with reference to the comparable element.

Give a big slap, then explain why is she choosing thsi way ? talk to her. give her little bit of time.