I am home schooled. How can I graduate? Please help.. Im really stuck?

Degrees are absolutely required for any kind of professional job with earnings that will matter. Your parents may be bitter about their degrees and lack of work, but that shouldn't stop you from looking for something better. Your guidance at this point may be a little late, but you should look at what colleges (small community colleges, major universities, ivy leagues) expect (read: require) you to have mastery of. Three years of foreign language, specific math classes and concepts, etc. etc. Train yourself to take the SAT and ACT and get good scores. Beware the GED...it can hit you in a bad way in the long run. See the section on college and GED here: www.wagnerweb.org/Homeschool_101

The first thing you need to do is to create a high school transcript. Ideally this is done as you go through your equivalent of 9th thru 12th grade. It's ok to do it at this stage though. Do a web search for the minimum course credits required to graduate high school in your state (county). You should be able to find how many credit hours are needed total (usually 20-25), then how many credit hours of particular subjects. From there you can re-create what you've studied. One grade level of, say, math is equal to one credit. A typical year has 5-7 credits. Once you've accomplished this, you can get a realistic look to see if you are indeed "done." You can create a transcript on a spreadsheet or google for templates. This would have to be signed by your parents for authentication. This is what any college would want to see. In addition, they will want to see either SAT or ACT which you need to sign up (and pay) for. You can also check hslda.org and click on their state link for more info. I don't know if Ohio has any other specific requirements. Having a completed high school transcript is your "proof" of graduation. Must haves on the transcript are total credit hours, GPA, name, address, date of "graduation," parent signature, dob -- just google samples. Once you are all prepared and have researched colleges (if that's your goal) you can talk with your parents about filling out a FAFSA. This will open up opportunities for school loans and grants. Colleges also have their own scholarships and can direct you to other websites to search for aid. There is much more I could throw at you, but hopefully this will be a start for you. Oh, another thing you could consider is taking a course or two at a local community college. These could count as "dual enrollment," meaning you get high school credit as well as college credit. My son took 3 classes (one semester each) and earned 3 high school credits and 9 college credits simultaneously.