High School, Only Shorter

Tyler Aikens
PLN 4
Buchwald

PLN 4

“High School, Only Shorter” an article written by Sue Shellenbarger, places us in the shoes of students who have decided to skip their Senior year of high school. Some 2.9% of sophomores in 2002 graduated from high school a year early this year because of avaliable online classes, gifted minds, and  the students future endeavors. Nicholas Meyers from New York City was one of these students whose dream was to get out of high school a year earlier. by doing this he said,”If I get out a year early, that's a year extra of pay, and that's a year earlier of retirement. That's a whole year of my time that I can do whatever I want—make some money, invest some money or just relax.” Luke Prieb was a middle schooler with a very bright mind. His father, afraid of the speed of learning causing him to lose his love for school, moved Luke up into high school classes. By his third year of high school, he had run out of classes to take; therefore he graduated before his classmates. Other vigorous students decided that they wanted to explore the more complex world and could not wait to do so. In conclusion, if you are a bright-minded student and/or looking forward to the world ahead, this may be the right path for you.
“High School, Only Shorter” a mind-boggling article written by Sue Shellenbarger gives us the good and the bad sides of graduating with the upperclassmen. In my opinion, graduating early and spending all of those extra hours for just one year less of high school is not worth it. Why not have a good time with your friends and not worry about you future as much as you focus on the now? If I were to graduate in  my junior year, I would be 17, and by that time, I do not believe that i will be mentally, and physically prepared for college. It would simply be rougher than sandpaper, and I do not want to go through that. As for a gifted middle schooler, I am perfectly fine to jumping to a skill level that is more comfortable with me and the pace at which I learn.  Also, if you were to enroll in this fashion, you would most likely get out-of-state collges begging for you, and I know that my mom would not approve of that. To conclude, I believe that early graduation is an idea filled with poor outcomes and that you should take lifes path to wherever it leads to.