#5 is especially important. Do you want some form of college education? Do you simply want to find a job and start being an adult?
Homeschooling comes with a stigma. No matter what you do to start out, you'll need to prove you're capable of hacking it in the real world. For continuing your education, that means doing really well on your SAT/ACT, writing a good essay, rocking legit extracurricular activities (beyond church), etc. For employment, extracurricular activities help there, too, as do part time jobs (references, references, references).
Don't look down on skilled labor as a possibility, either. You can make decent money doing unglamorous things. Finding an apprenticeship is almost guaranteed employment.
Regardless, you're going to want to start planning now so by the time you hit 16 you can start working toward whatever path you think is best for you. That's when an actual school's guidance counselor would start talking to you about your post high-school life.
Homeschooling comes with a stigma. No matter what you do to start out, you'll need to prove you're capable of hacking it in the real world. For continuing your education, that means doing really well on your SAT/ACT, writing a good essay, rocking legit extracurricular activities (beyond church), etc. For employment, extracurricular activities help there, too, as do part time jobs (references, references, references).
Don't look down on skilled labor as a possibility, either. You can make decent money doing unglamorous things. Finding an apprenticeship is almost guaranteed employment.
Regardless, you're going to want to start planning now so by the time you hit 16 you can start working toward whatever path you think is best for you. That's when an actual school's guidance counselor would start talking to you about your post high-school life.
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