Roommate Selection and College Options for Home-Schooled Student

blossom
Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:16:06 +0000

I could not endorse parentologist’s wise post enough, OP. And if you’ve struggled with self-taught math prep, you will be amazed at what a good math teacher (like many of them who teach community college remedial math) can do for you. Literally take you back to your “times tables” and then work forward from there, filling in the gaps whether it’s what to do with fractions, how to break down a word problem, how to read a bar graph and why it’s important in the real world to be able to interpret data.

I had to take a remedial math course before starting graduate school and it was life-altering. I had never been good at math and had always hated it. And then- remedial math (filled with other people like me who had to pass the course to start their grad program) and boom- it all clicked, and made so many things possible for me career wise.

CC will also be filled with interesting students with their own life stories which might ratchet down your anxiety about college quite a bit. I have a friend who teaches writing at a CC and she is constantly amazed and moved and excited about the range of students who end up in her class. And she’s been doing it for over 30 years- you’d think she’d heard it all. But like you- many students who are driven to get an education and determined to figure out how to do it despite family challenges, or financial issues, or illness/disability, etc.

Getting a part time job while in CC is also a great idea. I have always loved working, even when I have not always loved the actual job (I hated waitressing, but was still always happy to put on my ugly uniform, tie my apron, and get to my shift). It’s so different from your “other” life plus money of your own!

listen to Parentologist- what a great plan!