I was just told I will not graduate from high school. I have no idea what to do. Would anyone please tell me what options I may have at this point? I'm also very afraid to tell my parents and family, I feel like a complete failure, please help!
2007-06-01 12:37:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
This is bad, but definitely not the worst thing ever. Having a plan BEFORE you tell your folks will make things a lot easier.
Here are some of the options:
*If you are a few credits short that can be done in summer school, your school may let you participate in the graduation ceremony, and then do the classes afterwards.
*Repeat your senior year. Not the most pleasant option, but you get the chance to catch the information you didn't pass, and still get to graduate next year.
*Ask your counselor if it's possible to take the GED exam so that you finish on time.
*Plan to attend your local community college. You don't need a degree, they will work with you to help get you up to speed in the classes where you need extra help. You will be able to cut your college costs by more than half, and you will get to attend whatever college/university you want. Your college diploma will be the same as everyone else's.
I know it feels terrible right now, but you have a *ton* of options. Your parents will be mad and disappointed, but that's their job. You would be much worse off if they didn't care. You will get through this, what seems terrible now will seem like a minor speedbump in about 5 years.
Talk to your school counselor, make a game plan and then go to your folks. What's scaring you most right now is the unknown. You will feel much better when you have a plan in place.
Good luck. :)
2007-06-01 12:53:28 · answer #1 · answered by kimstrezz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are NOT a complete failure. There is no such thing as a complete failure. A complete failure is somone who fails at EVERYTHING they try to do, academic, extra-curricular, social and/or anything else. Just because your strengths don't lie in the academic side of life, doesn't mean you're a total washout loser - you're not. So get rid of the failure mentality right now, that's the first step.
Next, try talking to your guidance counsellor or a person of a similar position (maybe even a teacher you trust) to help you. Work out:
a) why you're not going to graduate?
b) if there is anything you can do to still make it?
c) if so, what?
d)if not, what are the other options?
With this knowledge, approach your parents. It will be very difficult to tell them, but before you do that you can go no further. They'll find out sooner or later anyway, but they will take it much better if they hear it from you personally, before they have to find out from anyone else.
If there is still no chance of you graduating, you might think about taking up a trade. There are schools which take on apprentices who didn't pass high school or couldn't go to college for whatever reason, and teach them a trade so that they can still make it in life.
Good luck, whatever happens.
2007-06-02 05:15:24 · answer #2 · answered by Iggy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you know why you aren't going to graduate? Is it because of a class that you aren't passing, because you failed to take something that you should have, or because of the results of a standardized test? Realize that this happens to a lot of people, and there are things you can do.
If it is because you failed an exam, you need to find out when they are giving the exam again, and study all of your old materials before taking it this time. Lots of schools now do this, and students sometimes have to retake the test a couple of times, but most of them pass in the long run.
If you failed a class, is it available to retake in summer school? Realize that every senior who fails a class won't graduate, but this can very easily be fixed if the class can be taken over the summer. The same goes for a required class that you didn't take.
You do need to tell your parents and family, because you don't want them to show up for graduate and only find out when your name ISN'T called among the graduates, but you can hold off until finding out what your options are. Talk to your counselor right away to find out what to do. That way, when you tell your parents, you can give them both the problem and what you intend to do about it at once. They still won't be happy, but it will say to them that you have already recognized your mistake and have taken responsibility for fixing it.
2007-06-01 19:46:57 · answer #3 · answered by neniaf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you not realize when you were failing courses, losing credits, and so on that you would not graduate? Did you pass all your courses and fail a state mandated graduation test? If it was a test, how many times did you get to take it? Did your parents and teachers do nothing to help you or tutor you? Why is it such a surprise...just to find out now?
Depending on your situation and state, you should have a few options.
2007-06-01 19:49:19 · answer #4 · answered by lex774u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask them what you can do to graduate in the next year or sooner. Take summer classes, correspondence courses. If high school is not for you, get your GED. If school in general is not for you, get into a trade school for something profitable, like welding.
2007-06-01 19:45:30 · answer #5 · answered by Surf Forever 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh no, I am sorry. Talk to your guidance counselor about summer classes or correspondence courses (distance learning) The sooner you tell your folks the better it will be. I'll be thinking about you.
2007-06-01 19:41:25 · answer #6 · answered by dkrgrand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all congratulations for lagging it and not thinking about your future, well there is always summer graduation just tell your parents the truth...
2007-06-01 19:51:28 · answer #7 · answered by J.r. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋