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Enrolling in a different school.
Hi there! I'm a seventeen year old, female. I'm currently a senior in high school, and I've built up a terrible case of Senioritis):
Basically from November onwards I've skipped classes like there's no tomorrow, and I never expected it to get out of control to where I skip every single day of the week, but that's what happened. My grades have plummeted intensely and I really don't think that if I continue at this school I will graduate.
I've always been good at school when it comes to my absences, and I've never told my parents about skipping so when I tell them I know that they'll be very upset because I lied to them, and they trust me because they think since I'm almost an adult I can handle going to school every single day.
There is hope in me graduating though, and that is to go to a Prep school which is where you learn independently and read out of a book and take a test to get your credits. (You can get your credits really fast!) I'll be able to receive my diploma and everything, if I'm able to finish all of my coursework by June.
Basically the reason I'm posting this is because I don't know how to tell my parents, I was thinking just to be like: "School's getting really hard and my grades are really crappy and I feel like I need to go to this Prep school so I can graduate." But then they'll be like, "Well let's go up to school so we can discuss it with your counselor" & Then they'll eventually find out about my skipping anyways.
:( I'm just scared, I know I need to tell the truth but it's just I don't want my parents to be upset with me, and I have to tell them NOW if I want to enroll in this Prep school on time.
Thanks so much for reading this, and if anyone answers I really appreciate it.
Thanks again.
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I was in the same situation as you. I would drive my sister to school and then sleep in my car in the parking lot. My school would call my parents and tell them I missed school. It added up, and my grades suffered immensely. My parents were grounding me left and right, but nothing seemed to work. Explain to your parents that you are almost an adult but for whatever reason, you're finding it harder and harder to attend school every day. For me, I'm one of the only kids at my school that used to do drugs with everyone else, then I stopped, so it was really hard hanging out with everyone and I didn't feel like I had anything in common with anyone at my school. If you tell your parents the truth, explain to them that the mature thing to do would be to accept your consequences and not graduate this year and attend your school again next year. Then tell them how you really never intended on letting them down and you really want to graduate this year. Then bring up the prep school idea, that's what I do, but we call it independent study. The pros of independent study is that you do your work independently, just as you would in college. It's a great college prep but if you don't have the motivation to go to school it's going to be really hard to convince your counselor and the prep school that you can do all of your homework. I wish you luck please keep me posted and let me know how things work out for you!
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Here's the deal with us parents. We may not understand at first, but honesty is always the best policy. I know, I know, when I was a child I didn't believe that at all either. However, as a mother I realize the importance of it. There will really be no way around getting into trouble. Had you gone to your parents at first and let them know how you felt, it may not have escalated into this problem that it is now. This seems like you are going to have to bite the bullet, take your dignity, tell them the truth, and deal with the consequences. Maybe then will you realize that the best policy is honesty and you can learn from your mistakes.
What I don't understand is this: how did you manage to skip so much and not get a truancy officer called on you? Did you know that by skipping school, your parents could get into trouble and arrested for child neglect? Worse yet, you taken away and sent to a juvenile detention center? I bet you thinking that I am exagarating, but trust me, look into it.
Here's another thought for you. Did you know that some states offer high school classes online? You wouldn't have to go away to another school. You could just go to school in your underwear if you wanted to. This is something else to look into.
I know that I sound like a bitch, but to tell you the truth, which I am so fond of, I am having problems with my three daughters lying. I tell them constantly that I am more understanding than they think, and we can deal with situations in a more civilized way if they tell me the truth. I have enforced them that telling the truth won't get them into half as much trouble than to lie to me about it. I believe that once you are a parent you will understand. Trust me, I was a wild child that didn't know the truth if it smacked me in the face, but now I know the importance of telling the truth.
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