{"id":19261,"date":"2018-02-27T12:37:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T17:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=19261"},"modified":"2018-02-28T12:06:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T17:06:27","slug":"dwyns-den-my-education-my-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2018\/02\/27\/dwyns-den-my-education-my-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwyn’s Den: My Education, My Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0In the spring of 2015 I was 14 years old, a scared freshmen that didn\u2019t like high school all that much, I dropped out to enroll in classes at Sinclair.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Up until high school I had been homeschooled by my parents, and it took all of three months for me to realize public schooling was not my thing. But, the biggest lesson I took away from homeschooling was that my education was mine to define. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0If I was going to drop out I needed a plan to finish high school that would work for me, and that\u2019s when I found College Credit Plus (CCP). This sounded like a dream to me; one semester of a college course counts for a whole year of high school. Which meant if I dropped out of high school and went back to homeschooling, I could enroll in classes at Sinclair and graduate from high school with an associates degree.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Ultimately what made my decision was the atmosphere. In my three months of high school all I managed to learn was I was bad at math, and freshmen are mean to shy, smart kids. I felt it was impossible to learn. Deadlines were too close, homework seemed like its sole purpose was to make me cry, and very few of my fellow students actually wanted to learn like I did. Worst of all, the teachers didn\u2019t trust me that I wanted to learn. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0All I could think everyday was \u201cas soon as I graduate, I\u2019m just gonna do this crap again.\u201d While many of my friends and people I knew did well, I knew it wasn\u2019t for me. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Sinclair was completely different. I\u2019ll always remember my first class, English composition 1101, sure it was hard and the deadlines were still rough, but I knew what I was doing was counting towards something. Most of the other students in my class were also there because they <\/span>wanted<\/span><\/i> to be, and my teachers treated me with respect, and knew I was there to learn. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The CCP program allowed me to get ahead, find my true calling as a writer, and begin gaining experience in my career field at the Clarion.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The CCP program is a way for students grades 7-12 to take college courses and earn credit while they are still in high school, but it\u2019s so much more than that. It\u2019s a way to build experiences and relationships that will last a lifetime, and for me, CCP was a way to structure my education my way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cerridwyn Kuykendall
\nAssociate Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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