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There was maybe 2 or 3 times I was grounded for maybe a week. I'd say the worst had to be near the end of when I was in 11th grade. There were these 4 tests you had to take and pass, to become a senior. If you failed any of these tests, you would be held back. So 11th grade comes and I've already passed the math, english, forget what the 3rd test was, and failed the social studies test 3 times. So at the end of it all they tell me, we're going to hold you back, but.... you can attend summer school, and try to pass the test then. If you fail there, you're still in 11th grade.
So I want to say I put a self imposed punishment on myself and instead of having a glorious summer vacation from school, I did the summer school thing, took the test, only this time, I missed 3 questions, allowed to miss 3, so I passed and became a senior the following school year. Not being held back was more important to me, and I wanted school to be done with.
I guess kinda what made up for it all was the fact I was in a work study program. Basically if you took Marketing 1 in 11th grade, had a job for X amount of time, and if you took Marketing 2 the following year, you could enroll in the work study program which I did, and only had 3 classes in 12th grade, every single day.
So I'd come in to guitar class, go to english class next, and then marketing 2 and it didn't even matter if I worked that day or not, I was out and driving myself over to Video Game Masters. It was a store that sold computer games. I remember at the time they were selling Ultima 1, I wanted it so bad but just didn't have it in me to pay $60 for it. Got the game now off of GOG and am glad I never got it. It's a very difficult game, and the controls are very odd to me.
So I want to say I put a self imposed punishment on myself and instead of having a glorious summer vacation from school, I did the summer school thing, took the test, only this time, I missed 3 questions, allowed to miss 3, so I passed and became a senior the following school year. Not being held back was more important to me, and I wanted school to be done with.
I guess kinda what made up for it all was the fact I was in a work study program. Basically if you took Marketing 1 in 11th grade, had a job for X amount of time, and if you took Marketing 2 the following year, you could enroll in the work study program which I did, and only had 3 classes in 12th grade, every single day.
So I'd come in to guitar class, go to english class next, and then marketing 2 and it didn't even matter if I worked that day or not, I was out and driving myself over to Video Game Masters. It was a store that sold computer games. I remember at the time they were selling Ultima 1, I wanted it so bad but just didn't have it in me to pay $60 for it. Got the game now off of GOG and am glad I never got it. It's a very difficult game, and the controls are very odd to me.
