re: I'm 16 and I have a baby I need advice

Quoting I'm His Amy He's My Rory:" A lot of places now it's 18 to drop out legally. My SIL wasn't able to until last month."

What are they gonna do? Take away her birthday? There are ways around it.

Quoting Michael Westen:" Honestly though, that stuff is trivial. Especially when you have a child to look out for and a future to plan with someone depending on you already."

Agreed, but not all young moms realize that yet.  

Quoting Michael Westen:" What are they gonna do? Take away her birthday? There are ways around it."

Truancy officers can arrest them and put them in juvy actually. My SIL almost got put in jail a few times.

Quoting Summerfrost:" The problem wasn't the classes. The first 2 years were flexible, but the nursing program wasn't. They ... [snip!] ... in order to be part of the program at certain times. It was a very competitive program, so she had to keep up or she was out. "

No no, I get that! Lol.

I just think HS is such a blah thing when you have other options to get your life on the road earlier.

Quoting 10 til Gwen:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Leia Mullins:</b>" my school want alow it"</blockquote> ... [snip!] ... it"</blockquote> Won't allow what? You to drop out? They really don't have a say in that, you're at the legal age."

no here you cant drop out of HS its a law and you have to be 18 to get your GED

Quoting 10 til Gwen:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Michael Westen:</b>" Well college isn't as bad. You have ... [snip!] ... And a lot of them offer accredited online classes too, so for most degrees you can take most, if not all, from home."

Yep!! My first year was completely online. Then I dropped out because I decided I hated IT. Hahaha. I start Nursing school in September now.

Quoting Summerfrost:" Agreed, but not all young moms realize that yet.   "

Well I didn't have DD till I was 19 but I still think Prom and Homecoming were stupid.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Summerfrost:</b>" It wasn't a matter of the school allowing it. The GED program was through the college. As long as you ... [snip!] ... see what they require. It does mean though that you'd miss out on stuff like prom and walking down the isle on graduation day. "</blockquote>


I still went to prom   my best friend brought me as her date.

Quoting I'm His Amy He's My Rory:" Truancy officers can arrest them and put them in juvy actually. My SIL almost got put in jail a few times."

Not if you go about it the right way. As I said, there are ways around it.

Quoting Leia Mullins:" no here you cant drop out of HS its a law and you have to be 18 to get your GED"

Would your parents agree to "homeschool" or "unschool" you so you can go take college classes instead? I think that's bullsmurf. I'm so smurfing against public schools at this point. Lol.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Leia Mullins:</b>" no here you cant drop out of HS its a law and you have to be 18 to get your GED"</blockquote>


That's crappy. Well there's still online school. I graduated from Primavera and I highly recommend it. I believe they accept out of state enrollment.

Quoting Michael Westen:" Not if you go about it the right way. As I said, there are ways around it."

There are. But still a lot of stuff in those states, like the GED classes you can't take til 18. Here you can drop out at 16 I think and still can't take your GED without special papers and all sorts of hoops jumped through unless you're 18.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Michael Westen:</b>" It's not a bad plan at all. People think that HS diploma is so much more important than it really is."</blockquote>




It is very important. It doesn't matter how you get it, just get the end result of basic schooling. Diploma or GED. However, in the real world and when applying to major universities, a diploma is in fact more valuable. It shows that you are able to stick with a commitment, not skip steps and it also allows for extra circular activities which count on resumes. That us factual information.

Quoting Summerfrost:" My sister had her son when she was 16. What she did (this isn't right for everyone obviously) is drop ... [snip!] ... school, get her GED and enroll in the local community college to start taking college classes. 4 years later, she was a nurse. "

That is AMAZING!!! Tell her she's amazing for me. lol

ok thanks for the addvice