(I am so glad that things have changed. In 1963, when I was labeled a "gifted student" things were not great. I took part in one of the first studies on this. Half the chosen went to live in dorms at university at 15, the rest stayed in local schools with added support. Guess which cohort succeeded? Yep not mine. University at 15 fucked me up.)
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@corlin They let me finish all my HS classes early because I was so bored, then I spent a year in HS doing band 6 hours, gym, and senior English because I wasn’t 18.
@yogapaddlerun @corlin
I left school after my junior year. I had fulfilled all my credits and didn't want to sit hours in study hall for a semester to get my diploma.
I never got one. After college and grad school, no one seemed to care.
@MelissaHDavis @yogapaddlerun
This sort of happened to me.
After college, I got accepted to a couple of graduate schools, but took a year off to travel around.
During that time, I took a job in a print shop and they asked me for my high school diploma, which I never got. Writing to my high school I found out that I was never issued one because, I went off to college.
So after some phone calls I got them to send me a fake one.
It worked.
@corlin @MelissaHDavis Thanks for sharing. I didn’t know you could do college without HS diploma! Were your parents supportive of leaving home before 18?