[falcolas]

> but my parents were the type that didn't believe in that kind of stuff, so I was just lazy.

You're not the only one: I failed many high school courses because I couldn't focus on getting the homework done. Official Parental diagnosis: Lazy $*#@. And my mother was even trained to identify mental problems like this, but developed a blindness to my symptoms.

[greys0ul]

I barely skated through highschool pretty much on test scores alone. If I couldn't do the homework in class the day it was due, it basically didn't get done. My sat scores managed to get me into college, which I dropped out of due to the homework. Went to two more community colleges after that for a year each, then another college I got a scholarship at but only made it 2 years there before I got a good job (thank god for my interest in computers from age 6) and decided it wasn't worth it. I'm considering going back now that I've gotten my head straight though.

[sathackr]

Interesting nearly simul-post. Same here, I scored 1250 on the SAT, 31 on the ACT, and in the top 99th percentile on the CPT.

Literature/Comprehension has always been my weakness "Read the passage below, then select what you think best describes the point the author is trying to make" -- they all look like right answers.

Took 18 credit-hours per semester of courses on scholarship, right out of high school, failed all of them miserably, dropped out, goofed off for 5 years doing whatever would make money. Got a good job that pushed me back to school, once again got a scholarship, went for another year or two, was forced to quit due to personal circumstances. I have two years left on my BS in Computer Engineering, I may finish one day, but it's not very important to my current line of work.

[greys0ul]

I almost didn't post my original comment as it seemed off topic, but responses like this make me glad I did. It's good to realize I'm not alone in it.

2170/1400 on the sat, 35 on the act, not sure what the cpt is, and anything anything writing/literature related killed me. I passed my senior english class with a 59.5, literally as low as possible without failing. I have a total of ~2 years of credits on my ECE BS, but work as a sysadmin/devops and love it, if I finish my degree it'll just be something to hang on the wall.

[sathackr]

I had the exact same grade in English IV - barely scraping by with a D. If I had failed that I would have been another year in school.

CPT "College Placement Test" was required by the local community college even though I had taken the SAT and ACT.

It was not a timed test at the time, it was multiple choice, and I was allowed to use a simple calculator. Might not have known all the right answers, but I knew how to figure out which one was the wrong one. I think I spent 6 hours on it. I by far scored the best on it out of all of them.

I used to be in network security for a financial institution, but I wear a few hats now. I'm a certified tower climber and senior network engineer(That makes the article even more relevant, half of the time I'm designing networks, the other half of the time I'm getting sunburnt, hanging off a 500ft tall piece of steel with a fiber cable dangling under me and a laptop on my back.) I have a good Cisco background, MCITP(the new, now old MCSE) and can take apart and fix nearly anything.

Thanks for your story. It would probably give away your main handle to disclose, but I'm curious why you wouldn't want to post it under that one.

edit: fixed typo

[falcolas]

Sadly, I had a few teachers who had a "must complete all homework to take the test" rule which pretty much screwed me over.

It was entertaining, however, to fail the Calculus high school class, and get a perfect score on the AP exam. Of course, that did nothing but reenforce the "Lazy *&#@" label to my parent's eyes.

[sathackr]

Tests are the only way I passed highschool. If I got a teacher that required homework as a significant portion of the grade, I would fail that class. Leave me alone, let me sleep through class, then give me the test and let me go. Thankfully homework was usually only 20-30% of the grade, so the little I did along with my test scores passed me in most classes with a C. I managed to fail 7 classes in 4 years and still graduated with a 3.08, thanks to summer school and the extra points from honors/AP classes.