High school/college

I'm kinda sad. .my dad wants to me to go to a community college for the next two years of high school. I mean, it's a good opportunity. Because I get the rest of my high school credits AND by the end of the two years, I'll have been done with 2 years of college. I should do it right? The only reason, really, why I don't want to go is because I don't wanna leave my friends. And I guess you could say I'm don't wanna go for the wrong reasons, or selfish ones. [?] But I just. .wish I could do both somehow. "/ So think I should go to the community college?

Well it's not like you will be actually leaving your friends and it is a great opportunity, it's all your decision though.

Well, i think you should do it. even if you dont want to leave your friends, you will still be near them since it is a community college. and so you can always hang out with them when you aren't at school. and then you have the great opportunity that has been put infront of you.

I wouldnt do it.......i mean ur only wat 16?? and i mean theres no need to grow up so fast......i just think everyone should finish high school! there sumpose to be teh best years of ur life so y dont u live them out!! well good luck with ur decision!! =D

Thanks. .

But most of my friends are school friends. I have to see them to talk to them. And it would be really weird if I went to the college and randomly called them one day. .I dunno. Some of my other friends are taking the test too. But they don't wanna go either. i dunno.
I think I'm just scared. Scared of change, you know.

I don't know if its the same there but here i can go to college over the summer and still be in high school...i know that having classes and stuff over the summer isn't fun but its a solution and you could still stay in high
school...this is what my dad is making me do

I hope you can figure something else
good luck

I wanna stick with my friends. But it really isn't my choice. because my dad just POPPED this thing in my face, like a surprise attack! I didn't even know about it until 2 days ago. And my dad briefed me on it last night. I prefer to stay with my friends. But if i qualify, my dad's gonna MAKE me go. "/

Well than it seems you really have no other choice. Look at all the positive aspects of it, because at this point there is nothing else you can do.

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I can't just talk to him. -sounding cliche- he would never understand. So I'm asian. And he's the typical, stereotyped kind of asian parent. All he wants me to do is do good in school and focus on only that. He could care less whether I had friends or not. Or whether I had fun in my life or not. "/

Because nothing would be the same. Maybe you and your friends are so straight to the point where you have a group or something. But MY friends are scattered. They don't all hang out with each other. They don't even all like each other. And yes, as I said in my first post maybe I don't wanna go because of selfish reasons, like friends. My family sucks. I have no future job/career in mind. [And that kills my dad-another great disappointment achveived] And my friends are distant. I don't need them to be in the same class as me. Just school. My life is different from yours. It works and funtions differently.

I think you should go, i mean you can always see your friends in your free time right? I know some mates done like change, i know one of my best mates friends from around her where like that and when she didnt meet up with them they would question her and cause trouble for her.

This is a great opertunity for you, and i think it would be a really bad option to turn it down, there will always be people there that you can talk to and make more friends with.

Yeah, I guess. I'm just not ready, you know. But I guess I really don't have a choice. .
i dunno. .I just never really get to hang out with my friends anymore. except in school, but I don't always see them anyway. Cuz on the weekends I have to work all the time . And after school I have to go home and do my homework. [This semester I have LOADS of homework] "/

Hey at my old high school they had it set up so you could do both. spend half the day at college at the other half at school it depends on your hours. or you could set it up with the school so you could still go there. if its through the school and all that you are still a member of that high school and should be able to be on school ground when your not in college classes my brother did both when he was in highschool you should go talk to a counsoler or teacher or who ever runs it and ask them if you can do half and half. totally weigh out all your options before making up your mind for good

I don't think they have it like that. I asked my dad if I had to leave my high school and he said yes. I know he's -trying- to do what's "best" for me [him]. bleh. I'm leaving to go do the test thing and see if I qualify in less than 2 hours. :[

When you go to the test ask about the program and how are you paying for it because if its through the school it should be like that. find out all you can, if you want your dad to not have you do things for you (him) then you need to get informed as much as you can about the things you are supposed to do. good luck though. i mean you could bomb it so that you dont have to go to college but thats like the worst way to do it

Well actually, it's free. i think. exacpe tthis $7 fee thing that the principle of the school was talking about. Like, I feel like if I drop everything I'm involoved in and all the things I'm a part of. .and just leave high school for college, that I'm missing out on my last few years of being a kid/teen, you know. ."/

Its a really good opportunity. we have something like that, we can take college classes at school as a sophomore junior and senior, and students can go to the local college their senior and SOMETIMES their junior.

Its really good because it is a lot cheaper. You wanna look at what college you wanna finish in. Like do u plan on going to a private after u graduate? Make sure the credits will transfer. If you can (my school can) go to the college 1/2 the day. Thats what most kids here do. that way u get the college life without giving up all the high school life.

Thanks. But here it's all or nothing. There's no in between, you know. I dunno what I'm gonna do. I don't even know what's going on, but my dad has the papers. And I dunno where he put them, but yeah. And as I've said before, I know it's a good oppotunity.. I just prefer to pass. It may not be the smartest or best choice. But it's MY choice. and that's what i wanna do. Unfortunately, I don't think my dad's up for what -I- wanna do with my life. "/

[i think im gonna go to an in-state college]
it would be north from home.
Like, I live more south and I plan to go north.
No one knows yet.
I don't talk about my future much with other people.

Go. You'll make new friends. When you leave high school in 2 years, you will leave your friends anyway.

I think you're dad's right. You should be lucky to have such an opportunity, and you can still socialize. You won't miss out on your teenage years.

Thanks.

Well I guess there's not much I can do right now but wait and see what happens. .

Well at one point in ur life u will leave ur friends...sadly enof..u have to know by now that nothing lasts foreva in this life!!!
so u will be comfronted with the situation of leaving ur freinds sooner or later...the point is...r u ready to be comfronted with it now or not??

another thing to consider is that u will be saving years of ur life, u can be who u always wanted to be faster!!! but at the end...u will be the same, do it quick or slow, take the long way or the short, u will still end up in the same place!!! coz ur path is already chosen and decided upon!!

i know how u feel, coz i have been where u r rite now, and my freinds and i seperated, each one us went to their own path, but we didn't lose eachother totally!!! i mean,, ya we don't c eachother everyday (like we did in high school), but we're still in touch!!!

all in all...it's u who has to choose...and u r the only 1 who can decide for urself,it's ur life, it's ur choices, just make sure u take them wisley, or else u will regret!!
hope i helped ;)
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