this question is for real not a joke so please be serious?

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ok heres the thing when i was young i had ALOT of bad things that happened to me and they caused me to learn how to go out of my body when i didnt like what was happening to me.. i know that may sound strange to thoes who have never had to do that but it is true its your bodys way of letting you handle bad things. anyway because of this i really dont remember much about school i did very bad in it so i guess you could say that i am not very book smart... otherwise i am very intelligent i have alot of common sense and i know how to talk the rite way ect its just things like math and english and history that i dont know much about i would love to be able to go back and start from like the 4th grade up how do i do that? without alot of cost and without actually going to a public school? i did graduate and with more credits then i needed so i am not dumb i just missed alot of what the others learned and so sometims its hard for me to fit in a conversation.... any ideas???

thanks blunt i knew i could count on there being one *** hole on here.. no therapy need for me to pick you out at first glance

Answer 1

I too missed, for emotional reasons, a lot of the content of my schooling, and like yourself, have thought how nice it would be now, as an adult, to go back and re-attend classes right along side the 6th graders... Unfortunately, such things are generally not permitted (in spite of the taxes I pay to support the schools here, but that's a different story)
What I did instead was devised my own self-educating plan. I bought a set of encyclopedias and read them at leisure. SO SO much stuff I either never knew, or missed... Additionally, I picked up at GED book and started to read it, as in preparing for a high-school equivalency test. GED isn't easy!, let me tell you!
Stay alert, watch news channels, read newspapers and magazines on current affairs, etc. Through observation and reading and dialog, you'll get more information than most people around you.
(With regard to chemistry, math, etc, you may need to hire a tutor or look for adult-educaton opportunities)

Answer 2

If you wrote this question your English and writing skills are good (above par if you've read any of the stupid and confusing ones on this site). Reading up on the things that interest you is probably the best thing to do first (you'll be more apt to remember details).
If your in a conversation and don't know anything about it just listen and ask questions (if you feel comfortable asking). Bring up something that you have read that interests you and go from there. If your constantly around a certain issue, read up on it so you have an idea about what they're talking about and can join in.
As for math etc. you can probably buy a book or go to the library and see if there is anything there.
I would suggest that you try and not block out the bad events though, you have to be able to deal with them and learn from them. An unresolved issue will always come back eventually if you handle it from the start you'll be better off.

Answer 3

I am glad that you realize that you are intelligent and that your grades had nothing to do with that. Good for you for wanting to learn. A good way to learn what you missed is by reading, you dont have to go back to school for that, just the library. Pick a subject and go for it! If you want to know about history, try a biography of Washington or a history of the Revolutionary war. Then when you are done reading it, look at the bibliography and check out some of the books that seem interesting that others used. I am the same way and I've educated myself in lots of topcis that way. It sounds crazy but the DaVinci Code changed my life...not because of the book, but I read the bibliography and tried a couple of those books and then went further and further. You can also hang out at Borders or Barnes and Noble and read those books without buying them,no one cares how long you sit there. Don't feel bad about what you think you don't know, and just go for it! You don't have to justify yourself to anyone. Good luck with it!!!

Answer 4

First, fewer people than you think know much about math, science, history and such, so you aren't as behind as you think.

Taking classes at a Community College is cheap.

Also, used books are much cheaper than new books.

Find used book stores (try towns near colleges) that have a lot of books in academic areas, and start reading things that interest you. There are a lot of books written for the lay reader (that is, science books written for people who aren't scientists, for example).

Try to avoid textbooks though; they're often cr*ppy and full of mis-information (surprising but true).

For Math, Paulos has several good books on math (sorry, I forget his given names and can't find the book of his I recently read -- you could find him on amazon.com -- A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper is the one I read).

Also, watch documentaries on PBS and other TV channels.

Also, the web has stuff for every subject you can imagine (and many you can't) so browse around on subject-matter sites.

Browse around on here in the academic categories. They'll have interesting answers to interesting questions, and sometimes sources you can follow up with.

Good luck.

(Not to be insulting, but therapy isn't a bad idea for someone with dissociative disorder -- you may even be able to recover your school experience from your lost years -- I learned that from reading.)

:-)

Answer 5

I am so sorry that you have had to go through all that you have. If I were you, and I was, I would join a church. That is a good place to start. Everyone needs something to believe in and it would help you to find something for yourself.

Also, try to understand that God gave you the trails in your life for a reason. They have made you stronger than you would have been otherwise. So take that strength and put it to good use. Join a boys or girls club and help other children that may be going through what you have gone through already.

And stay on the inter-net. You can learn many things here and that will help. Always remember "knowledge is power."

Answer 6

Your English seems good enough. To learn about history you can read books about history, which would also improve your English.

Watch movies and especially documentaries about historical events. Watch news and read newspapers. Get a map of the world and put it on your wall. Learn a new country each day.

Math, algebra, geometry, trig and calculus are harder to learn on your own, but there are some good books out there.

When you hear about something you want to know more about, an excellent source on the Internet is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Answer 7

If your serious, then take an online course or a course like "english as a second language". You'll learn as much as you need to know and it'll probably help you with getting on with your life. The only other thing that I can think of is to contact a guidance counsellor at a nearby school and talk to them about it, I'll bet that they can help more than you think. Good luck.

Answer 8

That sounds really sad, and I'm sorry you went through that. I don't really know the answet to your question, but I would suggest talking to a private school or even a community college about tutors who could just start from early and teach you, maybe during the evenings or something. I'm not sure how much that would cost. Well, I wish you the best of luck!

Answer 9

I understand where you are comming from.
The only smart thing you can do, that won't cost you a lot is to buy a folder, some paper and start browsing the internet.
Start searching by subject, for expl: history of Us or World
You will find tons of sites with info, choose the ones that are short and to the subject. Then print the most important pages, like history by dates, big names in history, presidents, etc.
Next go to art. Try to look for faimous painters and you will see the ones you even heard of.(my favorite is Modigliani, look for him)
Next go to filosophy: famous people and so on.
In math is very hard to catch up to something that you don't have the basics to. You can buy so called workbooks for 1st, 2nd, 3rd graders and also help on the internet for solving math problems.
Every time I don't have an answer to something I go yahoo search , or Google, or Ask.com, and I type in whole sentences, like: "how to care for a newborn puppy?" or "what is a lemming?" and sometimes it takes time to find the right answer or one that you understand but by doing the search you will see so much information, that you might not notice to remember but because it will come up many times you will start to remember some stuff. Reading is gold. Even if you are just browsing the internet it's possible that you will see answers you were not looking for at on that occasion.
I hope I didn;t bore you out of your mind, and I gave you some ideeas.
Buy the way, when you are done with the binder(wich you maight never be done with, it's so much to learn) carry it with you if it's not obvious...and look up an answer if you need to.
If you read those pages over and over it will imprint in your brain and you will be able to carry out any conversation on any topic any time. By the way most people don't know a lot, thei just say one word, one name, or one date he or she remembered and the conversation starts there, which other people may continue, after he or she said the opening fraze, and he may not have to say another word just listen...uneducated people often do that.
You know, you shouldn't feel so bad about not knowing a lot of math, a buch of people I know don't know how to add and they are not smart and not intelligent either, and on top of it they are not even trying to better theirself like you are, so you should be proud of yourself because you want to be better, and won't settle for less!
I wish everyone was like you!
Feel free to write me, I emigrated to USA in "97 and since then I learned the languege, the customs and how to act, walk and talk like if I belong. Not that I am a true American now, but I try to blend in, I wasn't that good inschool either so most of my knowledge I accrued in my adult life. Coose one favorite subject and learn everything possible about it, and then you can say, I am really good at ONE THING. My favorite is art, it's fun.
Good luck!

Answer 10

IF you are over a certian age, and have already graduated then they will not let you go back to school even if you wanted to.

Maybe try seeing if there is an adult tutor in your area. They come at a price, but education is priceless.

There are a lot of online tutorials as well so if you are determined enough you could just teach yourself material.