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Originally Posted by JBuckl
courtney w, first off I'd like to say thanks for your concern. The courses I take count as college credits. We apply by computer to the college we take them through and our high school teachers teach them. I don't know if you consider that joint enrollment?
I take a College Chemistry Class, College Spanish Class, and an intro to stats class this quarter. I recently dropped band and choir this quarter and may potentially for the year depending on my symptoms as I have not been able to go to those and they're not necessary for my graduation. I have one lab to make up in chem that I'll do after the Christmas break, and one quiz left in spanish to do. The stats course, I'm a little bit further behind, but the break will help.
That said, I have pushed myself very hard to get caught up by this break, but I haven't stressed about school much at all maybe because I've had to get caught up before but I've been more worried about my health and college more, as I just got accepted to a very difficult private school and am concerned that it may be too much to handle. until Dan gave me some more hope.
My brain functions about as well as it used to except when symptoms build up too much.
For anxiety and relaxation, I do some deep breathing exercises I talked about in a different post maybe on a different topic/thread and I plan to exercise over the break and into school more now that I'm more caught up.
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Yep... joint enrollment means you are enrolled in two schools at once; a high school and a college. AP and IB are different, in that those programs are offered through the high school and count for high school credit, with the opportunity to take exams at the end of the term that can make a student eligible to receive college credits.
The good news is, at least I'm guessing, the Spanish class is probably not much more difficult than the Spanish you would have taken at the high school level; in fact, it's probably mostly review of what you've already had. It's probably tedious, but not overly difficult as far as the material is concerned. The chemistry and stats might be a different story. (I know that you know all of this already LOL... I'm saying all of this more for the benefit of others in this thread who aren't as familiar with the program you are in).
Are you supposed to start college in the fall? The good news is that, as a freshman, most of your classes probably will be review of material from high school and it won't be quite as stressful as it is right now because you won't be taking the high school classes with them. You'll probably have more time between classes that you can devote to studying, resting, or relaxing... so as long as you are managing your time wisely, you stand a very good chance at still being able to be very successful in college, particularly given how much you say you have recovered already.
Be careful with the exercise... I have found that heavy exercise makes my symptoms worse. Exercise is awesome if it's not hurting you, but please listen to your body... if you start to get a headache or other symptoms that resemble those from your concussions, stop whatever you're doing and limit yourself to walking for a while afterwards. I know that's no fun, but neither is prolonging the life of any lingering symptoms. I learned that the hard way when a simple light jog sent me into a migraine so bad that I could barely even communicate with my husband beyond whispering. It was awful.
Best of luck, and keep us posted! I'd love to get updates on how you're doing
