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Hellius
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The CHSPE?
Found this and I'm just wondering if it's too good to be true.
I'm 16 and in my sophomore year now, so I guess I could qualify to take that test next semester.
But... uh... yeah. My natural paranoia is taking a toll on me. Can I really take this next semester and then get out of my high school? And does anyone know how hard it is/what I need to study for?
SoulRiser Wrote:Don't worry about choosing "something to do with your life" that you have to "stick with". Fuck that. Just do whatever is interesting or convenient for now, you can figure the rest out later. ...don't worry about "deciding". Just follow your heart - completely and blatantly ignore whether or not it's "practical".
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Re: The CHSPE?
Go to the official website for information.
I was planning on taking this, but wasn't able to convince my parents.
My plan was:
study for and take CHSPE
unschool until 18, maybe take some college courses, take guitar/piano classes, learn to draw WELL, practice writing, read a heckaton of books, etc, etc, awesome stuff, etc
get GED at 18
keep doing awesome stuff
go to community college, then a four year
have an awesome life.
An it Harm None, Do What Ye Will
An it Harm, Do Only What Ye Must
Lighten up! This life was made for experimenting, making mistakes, falling on our faces, and standing up to do it all over again.
Live for Learning.
Carla Franklin may be a whore. She may be a wonderful, kind, moral woman. Seeing as I don't know her personally, I cannot know for sure. However, I find her actions (suing Google, requesting the personal info of her critics, getting angry over random internet idiocy that she should ignore and be bigger than, trying to get this site in trouble because of a few users' commentary on the situation, etc.) pretty ridiculous and unwarranted. If she didn't want people to to be talking about/judging her, well 1. that's impossible, she's a human, and 2. she shouldn't have been a model or agreed to be on film. AND 3. she DEFINITELY shouldn't have sued Google and made all this fuss over a few random idiots whom she probably won't ever know expressing their opinion. Mmkay? MMKAY.
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Hellius
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Person#254 Wrote:Go to the official website for information.
I was planning on taking this, but wasn't able to convince my parents.
My plan was:
study for and take CHSPE
unschool until 18, maybe take some college courses, take guitar/piano classes, learn to draw WELL, practice writing, read a heckaton of books, etc, etc, awesome stuff, etc
get GED at 18
keep doing awesome stuff
go to community college, then a four year
have an awesome life.
How's that gone so far?
SoulRiser Wrote:Don't worry about choosing "something to do with your life" that you have to "stick with". Fuck that. Just do whatever is interesting or convenient for now, you can figure the rest out later. ...don't worry about "deciding". Just follow your heart - completely and blatantly ignore whether or not it's "practical".
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NowhereWoman
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Hellius Wrote:How's that gone so far?
Haha.
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Yeah, not so good.
An it Harm None, Do What Ye Will
An it Harm, Do Only What Ye Must
Lighten up! This life was made for experimenting, making mistakes, falling on our faces, and standing up to do it all over again.
Live for Learning.
Carla Franklin may be a whore. She may be a wonderful, kind, moral woman. Seeing as I don't know her personally, I cannot know for sure. However, I find her actions (suing Google, requesting the personal info of her critics, getting angry over random internet idiocy that she should ignore and be bigger than, trying to get this site in trouble because of a few users' commentary on the situation, etc.) pretty ridiculous and unwarranted. If she didn't want people to to be talking about/judging her, well 1. that's impossible, she's a human, and 2. she shouldn't have been a model or agreed to be on film. AND 3. she DEFINITELY shouldn't have sued Google and made all this fuss over a few random idiots whom she probably won't ever know expressing their opinion. Mmkay? MMKAY.
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Person#254 Wrote:Hellius Wrote:How's that gone so far?
Haha.
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Yeah, not so good.
lol, shit. Why's that?
SoulRiser Wrote:Don't worry about choosing "something to do with your life" that you have to "stick with". Fuck that. Just do whatever is interesting or convenient for now, you can figure the rest out later. ...don't worry about "deciding". Just follow your heart - completely and blatantly ignore whether or not it's "practical".
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NowhereWoman
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Well, life's going okay, I've gotten a handle on school, tamed the beast, so I can at least be happy during chorus and other classes by talking with friends.
I also have more time after school for piano and reading.
But still, I'm at school, I feel like I don't have my parents' support in wanting to change my life....
So yeah, notsogood internally, but it's getting better all the time.
An it Harm None, Do What Ye Will
An it Harm, Do Only What Ye Must
Lighten up! This life was made for experimenting, making mistakes, falling on our faces, and standing up to do it all over again.
Live for Learning.
Carla Franklin may be a whore. She may be a wonderful, kind, moral woman. Seeing as I don't know her personally, I cannot know for sure. However, I find her actions (suing Google, requesting the personal info of her critics, getting angry over random internet idiocy that she should ignore and be bigger than, trying to get this site in trouble because of a few users' commentary on the situation, etc.) pretty ridiculous and unwarranted. If she didn't want people to to be talking about/judging her, well 1. that's impossible, she's a human, and 2. she shouldn't have been a model or agreed to be on film. AND 3. she DEFINITELY shouldn't have sued Google and made all this fuss over a few random idiots whom she probably won't ever know expressing their opinion. Mmkay? MMKAY.
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I'm sure it can't get no worse.
Sorry to hear that it didn't work out.
I just ran it by my mom today, and she started talking about how she passed the test when she was my age, but her parents wouldn't let her out of high school early. Some shit like that.
My dad seems supportive, though.
Does anyone know what's on the test math-wise? English will be easier than hell.
SoulRiser Wrote:Don't worry about choosing "something to do with your life" that you have to "stick with". Fuck that. Just do whatever is interesting or convenient for now, you can figure the rest out later. ...don't worry about "deciding". Just follow your heart - completely and blatantly ignore whether or not it's "practical".
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 Yea it works, its actually what I used to drop out my sophmore year.
People act unaware that the human body is a walking pharmacy!![[Image: rolleyes.gif]](http://www.davidicke.com/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif) ~David Icke~
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Mystery Wrote: Yea it works, its actually what I used to drop out my sophmore year.
Wicked.
What's on the math portion?
SoulRiser Wrote:Don't worry about choosing "something to do with your life" that you have to "stick with". Fuck that. Just do whatever is interesting or convenient for now, you can figure the rest out later. ...don't worry about "deciding". Just follow your heart - completely and blatantly ignore whether or not it's "practical".
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It was mostly basic Algebra and some Geometry, mostly real world stuff, but it was harder than the exit exam,
Most people pass it in two tries cause of the amount of time they give isn't too generous for three sections of material.
I used this site for three nights before the test to pass.
Take the practice test to get an idead of what areas you should focus on.
http://www.testprepreview.com/chspe_practice.htm
People act unaware that the human body is a walking pharmacy!~David Icke~
Religion was invented to keep the poor from harrasing the rich"~Napoleon Bonaparte~
Do As Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole of The Law! ~The Secret Order of Thelema~
"Respect goes to those who do not want it" ~TrueAnarchist~
"The only limitations that a person has are those that are self-imposed." ~Unknown!~
“Attraction is an emotion.” ~Dr. Alex~
“Life is an illusion albeit a very persistent one” ~Albert Einstein
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lol, fuck. I just took the basic and advanced algebra assessments.
I failed epically at the stuff where you're supposed to figure out how much time it would take for X number of people to do a specific task, proportions, and "Jack has 4 more apples than Jill, and Prince Charming has 7 more apples than Jack. How many apples does Jill have if they have a total of seventy billion apples?" crap.
*headdesk* Tiem to study.
SoulRiser Wrote:Don't worry about choosing "something to do with your life" that you have to "stick with". Fuck that. Just do whatever is interesting or convenient for now, you can figure the rest out later. ...don't worry about "deciding". Just follow your heart - completely and blatantly ignore whether or not it's "practical".
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