The Future Calls in High School – Take the Call
It’s never too early in high school to start taking control of your future. The first thing you have to do though is realize that what you are doing during high school is going to affect that future.
My son wasn’t very excited about high school and chose to do just enough to make a passing grade. To develop that type of work ethic in high school can let some air out of the balloon of opportunity available to you when you go into the work force or more critically when you try to enter college. Don’t think that later you can easily change your ways either, how you go about getting things done in high school can carry through a long way in life.
I went to university but I have a friend who didn’t. Some years later we took a cooking class together and it was taught in a classroom. My friend still had the high school mentality that you had to keep your eyes forward and don’t get caught talking or the teacher will get you. In university a student has a more mature approach to education and is treated like an adult. Talking is allowed as long as it isn’t disruptive. Also, the professor is there to pass on his knowledge, not to control your behave. He expects his students to have the self discipline to pay attention and get the most possible from the information that is being offered.
Imagine grasping that responsibility when you are freshman in high school. You may not have chosen a future occupation yet but, if you decide to get the most that you can from every class, you’re creating an attitude that can give you an advantage in all your future learning activities. When you take on being responsible for yourself when you are young, it becomes your way of doing things, the way of getting the most out of what you’re doing. You don’t even have to think about it because it’s your way of doing life.
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Homeschool High School – Pros and Cons From a Veteran Homeschool Mom
Whenever we have to make a tough decision, we always write down the pros and cons to help us make an informed decision. Sometimes, seeing things on paper makes the answer even more clear.
From a veteran homeschool Mom, these are my opinions of the pros and cons to homeschooling a high school student
Pros for High School homeschool
1. protection from negative peer influences
2. able to pursue early career goals and studies or follow real-life activities in an interest area
3. able to take college classes early