This is going to sound weird but is there any students out of highschool that were raised in Foster Care?
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my mom and stepp dad were foster kids, and basically got the boot when they turned 18. My mom finally got an associates degree in computer programming last year and my step dad doesnt have a college education. I think if like my mom had more support she would realized her dream sooner and would have her ph.d or something (shes sooooo smart) I might not be here to day, but i think she woul dbe happier. The only family she has is me, my brother and my step dad. \n\nthe only good thing about being raised in foster care is that some of the ppl that go through it like my mom, come out stronger with thicker skin. They are also in my opinion better parents. My mom is so cool, i think she is such a good mom (and i dont mean give me everything i want- trust me i wish...lol) becaue she saw what its like to be suckie mom and made an effort to make sure she was never like her foster mom...\n\nbut yep...thats my two cents luv...\n\npeace and love- chai
1087045
not going to college right after highschool.\nIt seems everyone is so much further ahead of me and i'm trying to play catch up.
87352
High school for me was rough but fun. I didn't really start coming into my own until late my junior year. I was still a pimply teenager that resembled Beavis. But looks can be decieving. After awhile I took care of myself a lot better and I found myself being the person that people turned to for advice or a quick joke. I got along with just about everybody. Basketball players, nerds, and everybody in between. Though I enjoyed high school, I would not want to go back. Academically, I struggled through but I did graduate.
318153
What are they studying? You question is too broad for us to be of any help. Try doing an internet search on their intended major, on foster kids,their ethnic heritage, etc. There is a lot of scholarship money available but it depends on a lot of factors. Also, don't pay anyone or any "scholarship service" any money-- you can do all the research for free.
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I have made friends with at least three home schooled people through my years.\n\nThe first girl, she was homeschooled from kindergarten through senior year.  She did have social skills as her church made her part of a social community.  Since she only knew people from church she did not learn about lifes greatest mysteries.  Like when she got her period she thought she was dying and that it was the mark of the devil.  She also did not know what sex was when she was raped.  These are things that you learn a lot of the time through social experiences and then ask our parents about after we hear about them.\n\nThe second girl, she ended up commiting suicide at the age of nine by hanging because she thought that when she grew two moles on her arm, the devil was marking her.\n\nAgain she had few people to talk to.  When she said that to me I thought she was crazy so I told her mom and she verified that the devil was marking her and started to save her. That night she hung herself.\n\nThe last person was did not get homeschooling for religious reasons.  While growing up as a teen she did not have many experiences with boyfriends and did not know how to act around men.  She took this pathway... stripper, prostitute, pregnant prostitute, AIDS patient.\n\nI think that the social factors of school are important in children because it makes children aware of society and prepares them for the harsh reality of it all.
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Yes, my brother and myself, for a couple of middle school years.  We did not lack the companionship of other children, we belonged to sports teams, the Boys and Girls Club, and Sunday school.  We also had many children in the neighborhood to hang out with.\n\nThe best thing was being able to go out to the park to do our work on nice days.  If we slept in--no biggie--we did the work later.  On the days mom worked, we did the work in the evening.    \n\nOur mom worked harder than we did - researching and planning the lessons.  The reason she took us out of school for those 2 years was that we knew nothing that we were supposed to know for our ages--she was furious when we couldn't even name the capital of the state we lived in, or the President of the US. \n\nWhen we went back to public school we tested ahead of our grade levels, and knew things that the other kids were just starting to learn.  We did well, and I would not trade in those years.
715684
In 04.\nFour members of my family died within months of each other and I got stuck in an abusive relationship that ended horribly. I felt so lost. I skipped most of my junior year of high school because I didn't want to be around other people and I was angry at everyone.\nI found myself again towards the end of my senior year. I found my grandmother's cross in my bedroom and never looked back.
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I went through Penn Foster when it was Tompson Highschool. I still get Penn Foster Continued Education flyers in the mail :P\nGo ahead and ask away, I still have all the books and finished tests and text from the program, etc.
657412
Nope they aren't.  They are all different.  When a school is referred as a prep school, that simply means that they offer a college preparatory curriculum that will prepare their students to successfully navigate in a college atmosphere.  Theoretically, most high schools should be *prep schools*, but I don't guess they all are.  Anyway, that is all that means.  :)\n\nI guess that ones that are boarding schools really also prepare kids to live away from their parents and be responsible for their own care.  BUT, that isn't something that is neccesarily good or bad.  It's just a choice.
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I'm homeschooled and I've always loved it. My two older sisters graduated from homeschool. I had bragging rights and my public schooling friends were jealous because I went back to school a month after them and I'm graduating this June...I have tons of friends coming to my graduation and while at first I thought it would feel weird to graduate alone I realize now that it'll be all eyes on me!!
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I'm for it.  My sister and brother-in-law homeschooled their two boys from kindergarten through high school graduation.  Both boys went on to college, and both have now graduated.\n\nI also have a lot of friends who have been (or are now) homeschoolers.  Those who have gone on to college have done extremely well.
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this is so sad, OK first I'm not from London but not to far away, I'm in Woodstock.\nnow i know a few 17y old on their own, they got help through a government agency, now I'm not sure which one it was, either it was children's aid society or social services, because they were too old to be in foster care they were helped with getting a place to live and a way to pay their rent and buy food. one now has a job and the other is in looking still.\n\ni would also suggest the kid's help line they have numbers and info to help you out. don't be afraid to ask for help, its out there for you and your friend.  i wish the best of luck hopefully the future will be brighter.
41616
I have never personally had kids but my mom had always been a stay at home mother and when here and my father devorced it only took her two weeks to get into an animal shelter and she had no college background and barley passed highschool
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There are a lot of camps in California. Try searching for camps through the American Camping Association http://www.acacamps.com As far as the foster child issue as someone that works in that area, it's up to the county and the juvenile court. Most counties do allow for the kids to go to a summer camp as long as the camp is ACA certified I believe. Talk to your foster child's social worker they should also be able to guide you. They might even allow for an out-of-state camp as well.
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Well, to be completely honest, that school is pretty much for people who didn't fit in at all in high school, and it shows.  A freind of mine with similar problems went, and she said it was like being around a whole group of people with no real social skills and she ended up leaving after a year.
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... after working at Head Start and doing teacher aid work in a middle school- I agree!\n\nThe teacher aid work made me change my mind about teaching. The teacher didn't have enough time to spend with the kids who WANTED to learn, much less dicipline those who were distruptive. The class was getting a mediocre education, at best.\n\nMy parents pulled me out after 8th grade and home schooled me. I passed the college tests, and started taking college courses alot sooner than most... Overall, my year and a half of being home schooled equalled four years of high school!\n\nUntil I did my teacher aid work, I still thought that maybe Home School kids don't get the socialization that is approprait. I think that I would trade any percieved "lack of socialization" to homeschool again, because when the school systems fail, there are bigger drawbacks than "lack of socialization"!\n\nAlso, nowadays, there is the internet and more homeschool "groups" than there was in the 80s :)
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does your school have like a summer program? That's what I did when I was your age, I talked to one of the counselors and they set up an interview and voila!