My homeschool

Miles11

Hey, I think making this thread open to the idiocies of any schooling method works.

My favourites are "Examine Yourself" and "Mother Earth vs God, Our Father", both for the sheer stupidity of what they're asking you to answer for them, as well as the fact that they were both in HEALTH class.

glennmagusharvey

> Mother Earth vs God, Our Father

lol sexism?

vacasama

I'm actually curious on how your school handles sex education.  There's a lot of potential for snark.

Miles11

It's a lot worse than that, GMH...

Miles11

Also, Vaca, I only had one lesson at the end of the year on sex education, which my father actually had the option not to give me. It is not mentioned in the quiz or test after, and is generally just shoehorned in (I had forgotten to save it, sadly)

It's really just general information that doesn't amount to anything, as well as a bit of foreword which amounts to "WE WOULDN'T HAVE SUCH PROBLEMS IF IT WEREN'T FOR FORNICATION AND DEBAUCHERY!"

vacasama

So in other words, it's vague and useless.

Chagen

UPLOAD IT.

I must see the fail up close.

Miles11

Pretty much.

Much like the rest of it, really.

Miles11

Chagen, I'm afraid I don't have the lesson on Sex-ed. I forgot to download the lesson before I graduated the year.

glennmagusharvey

Do you know your dad's password on this stuff or whatever?

Miles11

What do you mean?

All of it is handled from a website that I log into to do school.

glennmagusharvey

Is there any way you can access stuff you're not supposed to access on that website?

Not expecting to find fun content, but rather, account controls and the like.

Not saying that you should do anything with them yet.  You should first get an idea of what levers you can pull.

Miles11

'eh, I haven't tried messing with the URLs yet, albeit, I have been tempted. I mostly stray away from it just due to fear of being expelled.

Of course, I know *someone* managed to hack one of the grading accounts, due to a PM I got on the school website a few months back. It was fun, had the teachers sending messages to everyone just to remind them that "There is no MasterTeacher."

glennmagusharvey

Actually, now I'm curious--what would happen if you get expelled?

ClockworkUniverse

Yeah, I'm not really seeing why being expelled is such a horrible thing.

glennmagusharvey

That's why I'm asking.  If it carries the risk of major physical trauma, then it's a different story.

Miles11

My parents have told me that getting expelled after they've "invested so much in my education" means that they would essentially take me to do a GED test (without having the chance to study for it) and leave me at the college.

In my mother's words, "Good luck, you would need it."

glennmagusharvey

Is the program an accredited high school education program with which you could get into a normal college, such as your state university?

Miles11

It *is* accredited, however, I have my doubts as to the legitimacy of it, considering the quality of the education.

It...scares me.

glennmagusharvey

Well, at least you have very good material for a personal statement.

Miles11

What do you mean by that? If you don't mind my asking.

glennmagusharvey

"personal statement" being the term for the essay that many institutions of higher education have you write for them, as part of your application.

Miles11

Ah.

If I may ask, what about what I'm saying makes it a good personal statement? It seems as though most of what I've been saying in this thread shows that my education...isn't the greatest...to a college, I'd think that would make me come off as stupid.

ClockworkUniverse

It does, however, show that you're smart enough to question a bad education.

Miles11

This is true...

Still, I'm afraid of being expelled because I know how my parents would react.

Considering how often my father keeps coming up in here, I really should just make a thread about him...

glennmagusharvey

Yeah, since you obviously can see through this bullcrap, that means you've got a broader perspective than it would seem to merit by itself.

You can write about what life has been like, and how that affects your outlook on your future career and professional/academic life.  It depends on what the prompt says, though.

You seem remarkably well-adjusted for someone who's had to deal with this, to be honest.

Miles11

I suppose I owe that to my friends, really. The people I've met online are probably the one big thing that's helped me through this.

Hell, without the support I've had from friends over the years, I'd probably be just like my dad.

CaptainFargle

Horrifying isn't it?

I used to be pretty much exactly the sort of person your school is trying to turn you into. Only with less "Mental Illness is Divine Punishment" bullshit, but still. 

I cannot possibly begin to tell you just how glad I am I grew out of that bullshit.