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It has been really hard lately.
Sleep in, staying up late.
It has been really hard lately.
Sleep in, staying up late.
Not true for us. We get out earlier than most HS.
You go to college though don't you???Not true for us. We get out earlier than most HS.
You es also have like a month off for winter.
My typical school year is like September 6th - June 16th or some bull like that.
19 days
19 days
We have 9.
i feel so much better now.
We have 9.
bling, you go to a public or private school???
If you to go a public school, how many days is your school year? How many days of school does Texas require?
In PA it's 180 days.
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We have 9.
No !
High school is to help you get into college. College is to help you prepare for a real career.
Or so they say...
Question: What is the education law that states how many days of school students are expected to attend and how many days they can miss before they are held back?
Answer: Texas school districts are required to provide at least 180 days of instruction (Section 25.081, Texas Education Code). However, some districts have a waiver from the Commissioner of Education allowing them to subs ute a few of those days for teacher professional development days.
To receive credit for a class, a student is required to attend school for at least 90 percent of the days the class is offered (Section 25.092, Texas Education Code). Students with excessive absences may restore credit as provided by local policy. (04/2002)
Saturday classes.
The money thing makes sense, but with all of the credits that you've already ac ulated, it would seem that you'll be able to graduate college in about 4 semesters. (honestly, with all of those AP classes available, how much longer before someone can completely place out of college altogether with AP exams? I took AP courses in high school and did well on AP exams, but never took the college credits, because I had no desire to speed my way through that part of life -- probably just me, though). That, and the fact that about 95% of the Ivy League student body is substantially relying on finanical aid like grants and scholarships (not just student loans) to fund college. The money they want from you is the money you pay after graduation.
Regardless, the 2nd part of that is rather remarkable to me. I have yet to meet anyone who was hired for a professional position based on how well he or she did as a high school student. But, again, maybe that's just me.
Well...for the most part.
Exactly...people don't give a what you did in college once you're applying for jobs, and if you go to an Ivy League school, you will have a guaranteed job/intership before you even graduate. And if you're that smart to dominate HS like that and go Ivy League, something tells me that you will make that money back. Rather quickly.
Not all AP classes go towards degree requirements, transfer, etc. And most schools require some type of "you need 60 + hours here to get a degree here" thing. Four houts with 12 hours is is only 48 hours.
I was being marginally faceitious. I come from the same era as Kori, when AP classes were limited to basic courses (math, science, english, history) and were available only in 11th and 12th grade, so I'm a bit surprised to see how many AP courses are now available.
As you might suspect, I don't see that increase as a good thing.
AP courses are still basically for 11th and 12 grade, but now there are a few new ones.
I don't think it has changed much from "your era"
The most common AP courses are still AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP History, AP English.
ShoogarBear, high school athlete is a different story.
You know, as I wrote that sentence, I thought about KG and Kobe and Lebron and considered editing the sentence to read something like "a professional, non-athletic position . . . ."
I decided against it because of the slippery slope potential for being called out by someone contending that "porn star" or "lap dancer" is a "professional, non-athletic position," too, or something like that.
I guess if you exhibit great talent or "talent" in high school, college IS a complete waste of time.
And the percentage of that happening is pretty slim.
Ah, you know I'm just tweaking you.
You would have been right to add "non-athletic", because a porn star or lap dancer don't get their jobs from something that happens as part of going to high school.
At least, not any high schools I know about.
Last edited by ShoogarBear; 08-11-2006 at 07:44 PM. Reason: fix da gramma
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