So, I guess I'll start out from the beginning.All through my school years, I haven't done very well, my grades average at about high C's to F's, barely ever gotten B's or A's, I've never been the one to like school, I've always been the one you would call "a typical lazy person". That happened all through elementary school and junior high. Now, I'm in highschool. Things are the same. Low grades, never turning in work. Now, Math is the worst, I'm failing that class, and I don't think I've ever done homework in it. I know you all will probably say "Why don't you just do it, it's not that hard". Well for me it is, you know, if you've been doing one thing for so long, it's hard to take that big of a step immediately, now I'm a lot more mature than any of the kids in my grade, because most of them are just really immature, still laughing at farts, still laughing at sexual jokes, I don't.
And now onto my problem. Earlier this year, my older sister transfered from the high school, into a smaller, school, specifically, a school called S.A.G.E, Students Achieving Global Excellence. It's a lot smaller, there's less than 100 students. It's project orientated, and therefor less homework, it's more in class work, which is where I do all my work. I've been thinking over going there for weeks now, I've put lots of thought on it, though I'm not making any decisions until I shadow her. For those of you who don't know what shadowing is, it means I take a day off of my normal school, and go to school with her, and go with her to all her classes and such, and see how the day goes along before I go to the school, the only problem with this is, I'm sitting in a room with people older people, and that makes me nervous.
What I'm really asking is, given my past experiences with school, and the types of teaching there, would this school be better for me? Is it really worth the effort of leaving all of my friends behind at my old school, and go to a new school that I know nothing about, and know no one that goes, aside from my sister and a few of her friends. Is it really worth entering this far into the school year?
This has to be the biggest decision of my life so far, because this could change my future, because I think if I go to my current school, I'll probably continue to fail, and end up not getting into college, or even getting enough credits to graduate.
So I'm in a real dilemma here. So, I ask you, KHI, help?
And now onto my problem. Earlier this year, my older sister transfered from the high school, into a smaller, school, specifically, a school called S.A.G.E, Students Achieving Global Excellence. It's a lot smaller, there's less than 100 students. It's project orientated, and therefor less homework, it's more in class work, which is where I do all my work. I've been thinking over going there for weeks now, I've put lots of thought on it, though I'm not making any decisions until I shadow her. For those of you who don't know what shadowing is, it means I take a day off of my normal school, and go to school with her, and go with her to all her classes and such, and see how the day goes along before I go to the school, the only problem with this is, I'm sitting in a room with people older people, and that makes me nervous.
What I'm really asking is, given my past experiences with school, and the types of teaching there, would this school be better for me? Is it really worth the effort of leaving all of my friends behind at my old school, and go to a new school that I know nothing about, and know no one that goes, aside from my sister and a few of her friends. Is it really worth entering this far into the school year?
This has to be the biggest decision of my life so far, because this could change my future, because I think if I go to my current school, I'll probably continue to fail, and end up not getting into college, or even getting enough credits to graduate.
So I'm in a real dilemma here. So, I ask you, KHI, help?
