| When you choose to do your high school diploma | | | | and Languages, things like that. My interests lie |
| from home, you not only have the capability of | | | | more on the artistic side and there was not |
| working at your own pace, without the | | | | anything there to stimulate me. I finally gave up, I |
| distractions and stresses that the high school | | | | felt like I was wasting my time." |
| social scene poses, but you also have the | | | | That is when Jason realized that at Citizens |
| capability of choosing the classes that you want, | | | | School, the choices in course selection are endless. |
| from a far wider variety of option than what | | | | He came across our information while searching |
| your local high school would be able to offer you | | | | for other options and realized that he would be |
| through night school. | | | | able to take artistic classes like painting and |
| At Citizens School, we realize that while | | | | graphic design through our institution, while still |
| economics and the need to work full time is a | | | | achieving a federally recognized high school |
| primary motivator for people to leave school prior | | | | diploma. While adhering to official requirement for |
| to achieving their diploma, we also realize that | | | | a high school diploma, we are able to offer a |
| there are many other factors at play. Our | | | | more outstanding selection that stimulate our |
| marketing team research has clearly shown that | | | | students, while they also complete the required |
| not only do students leave school out of a need, | | | | courses to achieve what they ultimately are |
| they also leave school out of desire, the desire to | | | | looking for - a high school diploma with a breadth |
| be stimulated more than what their local high | | | | of selection that is unparalleled. |
| school could provide. | | | | So, if you are thinking that you want to achieve a |
| One interviewee, Jason, put it most bluntly, "I left | | | | high school diploma, but the idea of it makes you |
| school because I was bored. Plain and simple. The | | | | cringe from the memories of high school |
| high school that I went to, did not offer the kinds | | | | boredom, remember that you have more |
| of courses that I was interested in taking. They | | | | opportunities than you think. |
| offered all the necessary stuff, for sure, like Math | | | | |