In October of 2016, when I first went to the hospital, my entire life, including my schooling, came to a halt. Even after my pain was gone, I was left with my debilitating nausea, and thus poor nutrition. I couldn’t concentrate, remember information, and just think in general. I was able to scrape by and finish my first semester of English 2A Honors, Computer Science Principles A, and Symphony Orchestra A with a lot of help from my teachers. But, I ultimately decided to take the rest of the 2016-2017, and the 2017-2018 school-year off to focus solely on my recovery; instead of graduating in 2019, I’ll graduate in 2020.
In the summer of 2018, I saw a distinctive improvement in my nausea and eating habits, and was able to take English 2B, and PE through Calpac, an online public school. For the 2018-2019 school-year, I initially tried to go back to my regular, public school through an online program that they offer for students who need special accommodations. But, the structure of the curriculum was not suitable for me: it was reading large blocks of text, no practice questions, little assignments, and no quizzes; it was basically only reading and taking tests. In other words, I didn’t feel like I could succeed. The school administration was very supportive when I informed them in mid-October of my decision to move back to Calpac. I waited until October to switch, instead of switching at the very start of the school-year in August, because I was in the process of getting an IEP, which is what will allow me to graduate in 5 years instead of 4. Ultimately, I think that switching schools was the right decision, because I am currently enrolled in a credit recovery program, which allows me to take a few classes at a time, and then add on more classes whenever I finish the initial ones. So far, in the month that I’ve been in enrolled at Calpac, I’ve completed English 3A Honors, Spanish 3A, PE A, and College Career and Readiness A (a required course). I’m also about to take my final for English 3B Honors, Pre-Calculus A, and Spanish 3B. For a normal person, this would probably seem like a lot, but because the information is condensed in the CR program, and I pretty much do schoolwork from sunup to sundown, I’m making exceptional progress. For the rest of this school year, I plan on continuing the CR program to complete as many classes as humanly possible. For my senior year in 2019-2020, I hope to reintegrate back into my public school by taking a few AP courses in-person, ones which the CR program doesn’t offer. I’ll still keep the course load lighter, but I’ll be able to rejoin some of the clubs and groups that I was in before my health took a bad turn.
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