Starting 12th grade tomorrow

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Hello everyone I'm starting 12th grade tomorrow but I'm bit nervous please wish me luck. I'm going to school hopefully for a full year after being on home instruction for long time then going to the school in the end of May Of 2015 and now already it is September.

What was 12th grade like for you?

I wish you luck, Jenny!

12th grade, for me, was much better than 11th grade.

It really wasn't that much different, as I recall.

In math, I guess you would probably have either trigonometry or precalculus--calculus if you're especially proficient in math.

I would say that the expectations for your writing would be somewhat higher in 12th than 11th grade.

Otherwise....it's pretty similar. You'll probably review some stuff from 11th grade, then you will be given new knowledge to learn.

You're a senior now----that's the real difference.

How many Regents do you have remaining?

Just get that 65% on those three Regents!

And you'll graduate! With a Regent's Diploma!

When you have the time, you could take some "sample tests" which are on the Internet. This will give you an idea about the material which you will need to pass.

You should also ask for worksheets which provide a "review" for the subjects which you will be tested on.

Do they have tutors in your school? You should obtain a tutor in those particular subjects which are on the Regents--especially one which you will be taking within a few weeks.

It's going to take hard work. But being an autism advocate is hard work, too.

The academic part was easier for me. The teachers knew we were done and were calmer, less pressure, which made me feel like it was easier. I think it also was.

And the other kids being almost done, there was not the same pressure from them that I was different, I didn't feel shoved out and excluded and at times I felt included and almost normal.

Good Luck Jenny, hope you have a good year.

In the UK, you leave school at 16, and I went into college, and I found things a bit different.

For a start, you could wear what clothes you wanted, no uniform, and being treated more like an adult. However there was one big difference, in that in the college there were girls, as the school i went to between 11-16 was an all boys school. In retrospect that sucked big time.

In the US, are you in the same school in 12th grade, compared to 11th grade.

I hope you had a good first day. I just started grade 12 today too.

Good luck Jen, way to go!

Senior year for me was just that much closer to getting free, going off to college a long ways away, and leaving my miserable life in a small town behind.

I dropped by the high school when on home for Christmas break that first year of college, and one of my h.s. teachers observed I seemed a lot happier, almost a different person.

NO KIDDING!

Good luck and have fun.

I'm a senior too. And senior year is usually the best for anyone, even ASD students, out of all 4 grades in high school.
All I have to do this year is work hard. Study study and study. Pass all tests. Then I earn that trip to graduation in June! Our school does graduation in a public stadium building (have been to the 2014 and 2015 class graduations as an audience member). Speeches are done, the students walk up on stage, the tassels are turned, the caps fly in the air, the confetti flies through the stadium, and it's over. 13 long years. I've been daydreaming about graduation almost every day.

Just get help on all of your assignments, study hard, work hard and don't stress too much. Then you'll earn your way to the graduation ceremony as a student of the Class of 2016!