Keep asking for the skip, and as many of them as you need. Find the person who has the ability to make that happen. (harder to do than to write, way harder).
Right now we are doing online courses where the school has fallen down hard, but hoping for more (any) challenge at school sometime in next couple of years. I would lol, if it wasn't so sad.

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