@chuparchups That is weird that you would sign up through your school. Post #32. You need your own account like most students have. There is no reason to do this through your school
Post #31 I’m sorry that you had a bad situation with your grandma. But the reality is that most kids would have still had to go to school. Even if you had to be home by yourself at 17, you would go to school. This umbrella organization sounds like a complete nightmare. Regular homeschooling would have been better.I’m not sure why your education has not been a top priority. Your college has been seriously jeopardized. Likely you will be attending Community college and then transferring after two years. And there is nothing wrong with that but why your family has not made your education a priority, I don’t know. I’m sorry about that. You can still do well in life.
Here is what any college or listener will hear when you describe these issues:
Excuse
Excuse
Excuse
Excuse
Excuse
Excuse
Tough love, but it’s true. Your mom is not doing you any favors by putting you in some of these situations and also by not telling you the truth here and the truth is that it really doesn’t matter if it’s cold or if you travel or if you are elected President of Neverland and must attend the inauguration… you needed to figure out how to log in to those classes that were required as your second chance.
I know this sounds harsh and it is. But you need to hear this or you will still be whining and sitting around complaining at age 40 about how unfair life is that all these things conspired against you… when the biggest problem here is your attitude. That’s actually good news. You can fix this because you are the problem. This is not something that’s being done to you that you have no control over. You can fix this.
No need to be snide. It’s only been cool for a few mornings. It’s been unseasonably warm/hot for a very long time. But thats besides the point. Hopefully a cold isn’t debilitating and prevents attendance, unless there are some unreported coexisting other health issues.
You are 17. You are a HS senior. You can stay home alone, especially if your grades are in jeopardy and the school is being uncooperative/difficult to communicate with.
Woah woah woah, there is no deadline to turn in assignments unless it’s the end of the semester. My academic probation was nothing more than my home room teacher checking to see if students submitted anything between 9am-12pm. That’s it. So me turning in my test at 12:01 counted as my 1 assignment that I must turn in that day to be counted as present. Why did it take me 3 hours? I studied and then took my test. But because she saw 12:01 she just marked me absent. It’s not like the test itself was due at 12. It wasn’t even her test it was for another teacher. It’s not like she had to grade the test. All her job is, is to make sure we were in her live lesson room and that we submitted at least 1 assignment. I failed by a minute and got marked absent. I’m sorry I didn’t read the questions fast enough or type at a decent speed.
@chuparchups Ugh. I feel bad, because I see how hard you are trying to explain. There are some who cannot understand or fathom why students are sometimes put into certain situations. And there are some who will just pick apart what you are saying. Again, you do not need to explain further. Use the advice that resonates the most with you.
I never had an attendance problem at regular brick and mortar school. My mom just got tired of writing notes and picking me up from school to go out of town. Even with regular school, we were allowed absences if it were a family emergency or illness. And online school follows the same Georgia School Guidelines where students are allowed days off and cannot be marked unexcused. I’m sorry, I thought all states did that for their schools but I could be wrong.
So the problem was essentially “I’m allowed days off but you won’t grant them to me and honor the Georgia School Codes.” That’s the issue. They’re an online public school yet contradict the state codes. If I take it to the board, im sure the school would be at fault because all my parent has to do is provide proof that we were caring for my grandmother and proof of us trying to reach out and request unexcused absences. That’s all.
I wasn’t trying to come off that way and I apologize if any where in my comments anyone feels that way. I’m just really stressed out.
The cold probably came from me being around germs and the cool weather. I’m not 100% sure but I’m better now and even with the cold I was turning in assignments. I just didn’t have the energy to get up at 9am or 12pm because I was on meds and couldn’t guarantee I’d wake on time especially on meds. You have to log in at 9am or else. I normally woke around 10 and knew she wouldn’t accept my request to join the live lesson so why even stress about it.
Your mother doesn’t have to sit with you while you do homework, she just has to
supervise the program – make sure you have a plan, provide materials. review your work now and then to make sure you understand it, and file any necessary paperwork. I think that’s your best option. If you do that, you don’t need wifi to do homework. All you need are textbooks and a notebook. I understand it’s more work for your mom. Homeschooling can be tough, but I don’t see another option. You’re not going to convince the online school that you should be allowed to continue. Your family situation doesn’t fit their rules, and their rules aren’t going to bend to your family’s situation. It’s nobody’s fault, it’s just a bad fit.
What does your high school transcript look like now? Do you have transcripts for any of grades 9-11? If so, and you start homeschooling now you can create transcripts for 12th grade too. You’ll have to do extra work to get the hours in – either longer days, do extra work on weekends and holidays, or both – but it’s possible. If your transcripts from high school are spotty or nonexistent you may have to start at a community college. If you get a degree at a cc, you should be able to transfer to a state school in GA without having to worry about digging up high school transcripts.
Thanks for having my back. And yes my school does do the bulk registration. It’s how the students get free PSATs and all you had to do for the SAT was have your parent sign and agree that you would show up at your assigned destination to take the exam. That was it.
@4MyKidz This student should NOT be signing up for testing through an unreliable, uncommunicative online school. That is just crazy. This student needs to sign up independently.
@chuparchups If you miss the deadline by one minute in college, you also fail. You’re done and there is a lot of money on the line. Your mother us sabotaging your education. 17 year olds can stay home. Maybe you just do the GED at this point. Register YOURSELF for the ACT. And choose a CC to start before you have SO much money on the line. Take one first successful step of attending classes and meeting your deadlines. Then transfer.
If I request my transcript they’ll give it to me, that is if they contact me back. With online school your parents have to check off assignments and agree that you work on them and you must have a learning coach (basically someone who is with you at all times while you’re doing assignments). But because I’m 17 I don’t need one anymore. I’ll definitely look into home school and see what I can do if I can’t get them to retract their claims. Thank you.
@gearmom As the OP attested…that is exactly what happened. Bulk registrations happen as I explained previously. The next step is to be solution minded and answer…what now? We do not know, nor can many of us understand what some kids go through. Or what would push families to make the decisions that they make. It is really easy to be would of, should of, could of, judgemental though.
Yeah this is getting kinda frustrating trying to explain and stating the same thing over. But thank you for your time and advice. I’ll explore my options and review the situation carefully. Hopefully everything goes well.
"Why did it take me 3 hours? I studied and then took my test. But because she saw 12:01 she just marked me absent. It’s not like the test itself was due at 12. It wasn’t even her test it was for another teacher. " = excuse.
If you are required to check into her classroom between 9-12, do it. Send her an email that says ‘hello, I’m here’ or ask her a question.
No one is going to be hurt by your not getting credit for attendance except you. You are the one who wants to go to college. You are on probation. You need to be walking WAY inside the line. Sign in at 8:45, turn things in a day early. Tell your mother that if there is no internet you can’t go. That’s it. How will you be able to go to MIT next year if you can’t even stay home for one day by yourself.
I was very strict with my kids. They did not miss school. I made their dentist appointment for after school hours. They did not stay home to finish projects or study before a test. One minute is important.
Many years ago I was working on a case and the judge required a pleading to be filed by 5 pm the day before a holiday weekend. I RAN about 5 blocks to get it there. I was sweating and panting as I went through security. It had to be filed in the judges chambers and with the clerk’s office, and I decided to go to the judge’s office first, through more security, ran to the clerk’s window. CLOSED! Yes, it was one minute late. I just stood there shaking (and sweating and panting). The judge’s clerk walked out and saw me, and saved me. I continued to stand there in panic mode, and up walked the messenger from the other side of the case looking in horror at the closed window. Out the door came the clerk again. She looked at the other guy and said “You’re late. File it on Tues.” (Another lesson, always be nice to everyone at the court. She liked me, didn’t like the other side.)
+1 on the mother sabotaging you. In a year you’re gonna be at college and you can’t stay home alone? If you’re describing this honestly - and really, there is no point in sugar-coating stuff to a bunch of strangers to get useless advice that won’t help you but hey, at least your excuses look good – you need to have a sitdown with mom (mom?
parents? you said different things at different times) and tell her/them to leave you at home from now on.
Also, I don’t care if you don’t have a transcript. That can be sorted later. For now, you must know what your grades have been through high school. I know every.single.grade my kid has gotten, every. single. year. It’s really simple to Google a GPA calculator and plug them in. Then you’ll know your GPA, give or take.
Then you need to register for a College Board account. It doesn’t cost anything. I’m not sure whether you can get your score once you register, but I’m thinking you can at least try - contact College Board, give them your identification stuff so they can find you.
While you’re there, you can do some high-voltage searching there for viable options – because you need to skip the MIT fantasy and think about what choices you have in-state.
Last thing, you should go in person to Connections Academy offices, which are only 30 minutes from Atlanta, in Duluth, and sit down with those folks and talk about how best to proceed from here. It would be good if your mother/parents can go, and I suggest making an appointment.
Here’s the page of contact info: https://www.connectionsacademy.com/georgia-virtual-school/about/contact-us
@4MyKidz Bulk registration was a very very very bad choice for this student at that noncomunicative online school. And YES, I was able to read the explanation which posted after I typed. OP needs to be independent and register himself.
Your two choices are home school or the GED. Your time for applying is short and you have no transcript. Who knows what that school is going to eventually give you. And then all those other pieces of the application, essays, asking for recommendations (which I bet you don’t get in time the way that school is). Then go to a CC for a year and transfer to a better Georgia school. THEN try for your dream school for graduate school. Your mom CANNOT disrupt your college. You have to have boundaries or you will fail.
Is there another online school with better rules? A family member went to one online school that did not require live lessons. They recommended them but you were not penalized for missing them.
@gearmom Did the OP have a choice in the matter? Like all those students at my high school…many do not know any better. Their parents trust the schools know what’s best. It is what it is. Going back & forth on this thread isn’t going to change the past. The OP also mentioned anxiety. Talking about “mom sabotaging” isn’t going to help. The lack of sensitivity on this thread is killing me. I’m out and hope the OP has gotten what the OP needs from it.
@chuparchups Posting is happening at similar times. Everyone understands that you did indeed bulk register and are at the mercy of online nightmare school now. Go to the college board yourself and register for the next available SAT test in case you cannot get your scores through that school. You need to be in control of your stats even if it costs $100.