I vote unschool, because lots of the time you spend at school is apt to be wasted on marginally low-impact social interactions, bureaucratic rules required to govern large bodies of people but useless to the individual, and so forth.
A high school diploma is essentially equivalent to a GED. So my advice is to get some GED prep books, take some practice tests, and see if you can get a good score with your current knowledge. If so, you can basically test out of high school early. If not, you can use the prep books to figure out where you are coming up short and fill in the gaps.
Curiosity-driven learning tends to be fastest and least boring. Look for reasons to be curious, e.g. about math and science stuff slightly above your current level. Try to write compelling essays. Less Wrong is a great place for both of these things. So are various online forums like Stack Exchange.
You can also get cheap college credit by AP, CLEP, and other standardized tests. Most people pay quite a bit more for college credit, and spend a lot more time in class than they really need to.
If you have boring homework to do that can’t compete against video games and such for your attention (e.g. brushing up on some topic that you notice you are not testing well on), you will need to either become more interested or put yourself in an environment without distractions. You can get away with resisting distractions directly for a while, but eventually that tends to cause willpower depletion, so think of that as something that has to be budgeted carefully. Simple trivial inconveniences like putting games on the top shelf or protecting them with a long password that’s a pain to type can reduce the willpower required to resist.
I vote unschool, because lots of the time you spend at school is apt to be wasted on marginally low-impact social interactions, bureaucratic rules required to govern large bodies of people but useless to the individual, and so forth.
A high school diploma is essentially equivalent to a GED. So my advice is to get some GED prep books, take some practice tests, and see if you can get a good score with your current knowledge. If so, you can basically test out of high school early. If not, you can use the prep books to figure out where you are coming up short and fill in the gaps.
Curiosity-driven learning tends to be fastest and least boring. Look for reasons to be curious, e.g. about math and science stuff slightly above your current level. Try to write compelling essays. Less Wrong is a great place for both of these things. So are various online forums like Stack Exchange.
You can also get cheap college credit by AP, CLEP, and other standardized tests. Most people pay quite a bit more for college credit, and spend a lot more time in class than they really need to.
If you have boring homework to do that can’t compete against video games and such for your attention (e.g. brushing up on some topic that you notice you are not testing well on), you will need to either become more interested or put yourself in an environment without distractions. You can get away with resisting distractions directly for a while, but eventually that tends to cause willpower depletion, so think of that as something that has to be budgeted carefully. Simple trivial inconveniences like putting games on the top shelf or protecting them with a long password that’s a pain to type can reduce the willpower required to resist.
So I leave high school… and then what comes next on the path to world optimization? :)