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Re:Beach High School by musicale on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:03PM (#26654935)
> A co-worker of mine formed her own private high school — while in public high school — and then graduated herself from it. She was running a successful business already, so it made sense to her at the time.

"Teachers hate her: smart student figures out secret hack for early graduation from high school!"

:)

Minimal-requirement/self-directed HS does sound like it could be great for some students.

College courses are also so much better than high school courses in so many ways, particularly the freedom and self-determination you enjoy in terms of selecting or rejecting classes, greater flexibility in time scheduling, and choosing whether or not to attend lectures. Not to mention more advanced material and potentially better teaching, lab, and library resources.

I wonder - do you need a high school diploma to enroll at a community college?

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Re:Beach High School by intrepidhero on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:36PM (#26655254)
Not in my neck of the woods. Community College had us sit for placement tests and then we just started enrolling in classes at 16. It was great. Way better use of my time than highschool.
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Re:Beach High School by watwut on Thursday April 01, 2021 @03:19AM (#26657508)
In what I have seen, colleges don't have better teaching. They are not designed to have better teaching then high schools. The student is basically expected to be already skilled enough to not need educator, but only expert that knows stuff.

It may be better fit for minority of students, but better teaching is that that thing they get there.

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