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My cousin went to a private high school to set him straight. It worked and he graduated and the school really improved his overall behavior and outlook in life.

by astura 6y ago

My cousin went to a private high school to set him straight. It worked and he graduated and the school really improved his overall behavior and outlook in life. Now, this was a real school with real paying students who physically went there everyday, real work, and real qualifications for graduation. However, he found out the hard way that it didn't count at all, because his high school wasn't accredited. He constantly had roadblocks put up in front of him because as far as anyone who mattered was concerned he didn't graduate high school because his school wasn't accredited. He ended up having to get his GED in order to get into massage therapy school. Once he got his GED everything was fine - that "high school equivalent" hard qualification needed for literally everything he was trying to do in life. So being cutesy with creating your own high school will work just as well as saying you have a degree from the school of hard knocks. Most community colleges will partner with local high schools allow high performing high schoolers to dual enroll, couple people I know did that.

smabie 6y ago
What kind of employers even give a shit about accredited high schools? I didn't even graduate high school and I don't think a single person has ever asked about it.
- hunter-gatherer 6y ago
  The only employer that ever asked me about high school was the army. When I enlisted, they were adamant about it. Incidentally the army was the catalyst to get me from my lower class upbringing to 6 digit salary. Aside from the army, I can't think anyone has ever asked me about it.
- astura 6y ago
  So it either matters, or it doesn't. In cases were it matters, your cutesy personal school isn't going to me the requirements. In cases where it doesn't matter then it just doesn't matter. So creating a school is 100% pointless. To answer your question, governments and any other employers who have codified job requirements (large ones, mostly), and maybe others. My husband spent two decades in the Navy, was hired for his job based entirely on his Navy experience, and still was required to prove he graduated from high school before starting. I thought it was very silly. Beyond that, different programs (not specifically employers) my cousin was interested in were requiring his high school to be accredited. Massage school was one of them, there were others he mentioned but this was nearly two decades ago so I don't recall specifics.

by astura 6y ago

smabie 6y ago

What kind of employers even give a shit about accredited high schools? I didn't even graduate high school and I don't think a single person has ever asked about it.

hunter-gatherer 6y ago
The only employer that ever asked me about high school was the army. When I enlisted, they were adamant about it. Incidentally the army was the catalyst to get me from my lower class upbringing to 6 digit salary. Aside from the army, I can't think anyone has ever asked me about it.
astura 6y ago
So it either matters, or it doesn't. In cases were it matters, your cutesy personal school isn't going to me the requirements. In cases where it doesn't matter then it just doesn't matter. So creating a school is 100% pointless. To answer your question, governments and any other employers who have codified job requirements (large ones, mostly), and maybe others. My husband spent two decades in the Navy, was hired for his job based entirely on his Navy experience, and still was required to prove he graduated from high school before starting. I thought it was very silly. Beyond that, different programs (not specifically employers) my cousin was interested in were requiring his high school to be accredited. Massage school was one of them, there were others he mentioned but this was nearly two decades ago so I don't recall specifics.