My daughter's public high school had her loaded down with SEVEN honors and advanced classes, even though she only required two courses to graduate. In fact, AP Calculus was so overwhelming for her, taking up all her time and energy, that she had little time to devote to those last two requisite classes.
So we went to the school. We begged, pleaded and bargained. They wouldn't BUDGE, saying that once she was in an AP or honors class she would NOT come out of it for any reason... and that the state required her to attend seven classes a day. BABYSITTING!
I remember when I was in high school I just went to the classes I needed and then left. Those days are apparently no more: now it's mandatory that every kid stay all day. Back to the drama:
So Athena turned 18 and had an ace up her sleeve. She went BACK to the school and threatened to DROP OUT if they didn't work with her. They called her bluff, almost laughing. An honors student? Dropping out? With only 6 months to go to graduate? HA!
She said "Screw you people" in typical fine Navy fashion and - to the shock and amazement of the school officials -
dropped out.
Immediately Athena enrolled into home school, transferred all her records and transcripts, and completed the final two courses ON HER OWN. And received her home school diploma a month ahead of her contemporaries:
So there's our story of a good girl gone bad gone better.
EDIT: And she still managed a 3.7 GPA. We'll take that any day
