Any GED success stories?

HImom
Tue, 11 May 2010 14:00:21 +0000

Compmom.
Private schools have their own rules and aren’t required to follow IDEA. They can & do end up penalizing kids based on attendance/absence. Universities also vary based on how much they will accommodate (or not) absences, but we got that clarified up front so hopefully there will be no surprises. Lawsuits really don’t resolve a whole lot, especially for kids & education and particularly private schools.

Chronically ill kids and their families really have a lot of work to do to be sure kids get what they need.

**Lexis, I think you will have a hard time getting people to respond to your SPECIFIC situation, since you’re so vague and reluctant to set out what it is. All we can do is set out what GED situations we’re aware of & how that played out. **

Many of us are not familiar with many kids who have voluntarily chosen GEDs to go on to college. I know of one other kid who attended an uber competitive private that she was bored with, so she self-studied APs & passed her GED & started college, but don’t have a lot of details about her. Many kids take the GED for many reasons, primarily because for one reason or another HS didn’t work out for them.