Do you need your parents’ help to be homeschooled, or can you learn on your own?
Here is what you absolutely need from your parents for successful homeschooling:They need to pull you from public school and make sure they do it legally/contact your town officials (it’s usually regulated by town laws; some towns are mores strict than others).They need to be in a financial position that is stable enough to be able to provide you with books, resources, and anything else necessary for your success. If you can’t afford it, homeschooling isn’t the greatest idea.But that’s it. If you learn better independently, good for you. I’ve been making my own schedules and teaching myself at least half of my school subjects since fourth grade, and I’m doing great (if I do say so myself—I can provide ACT/PSAT scores if anyone objects to this ;) ). Nowadays, it’s a bit different since I take a lot of community college classes, but I’m still in charge of choosing those classes, registering for them, planning my homework schedule, and driving to and from class (now that I have my license). The only thing my mom needs to do nowadays related to my schooling is pays for my classes, writes up the required documents for the town, proofreads my more major papers before I submit them to professors, and comes to college tours with me.Of course, in actuality, she does so much more. The beauty of the system we have is that I go to her. She’s not forcing me to do anything, even go to college. She promises constantly that if I don’t keep up straight As, that’s perfectly fine. She doesn’t intervene, and the responsibility is on me—and this lack of pressure allows me to feel comfortable asking for her opinion, telling her I’m having a hard time with something, and working through both educational and emotional issues together. She is without a doubt my main source of support—emotionally and physically. There is no daunting pressure to succeed in every endeavor—just a personal desire to keep pleasing her and uphold the bar I have set for myself.That’s the best part of independently-driven homeschooling. I hold the steering wheel, but my parents fill the car with gas and let me know if I make a wrong turn. This is the opposite of public schoolers, who are virtually forced into the backseat of a cramped minivan that they sometimes don’t even be taking, being dragged along for the exact same ride as everyone else.
Can i sue my mother for not homeschooling me?
I'm 17 years old, I went to school from preschool to first grade. My parents took me out of school and my mother wanted to homeschool me and my brother. I was 6 and he was 3. This was a 6 year holds dream, I could stay up late do what ever I want and only do school work for a few hours a day. My mom got us school books for the first 2 years and then she starter making stuff up for us like math, reading and spelling. (Both of my parents didn't do well in school and didn't want to go to college) my parents both came from hard time family's and no one went on to college. When I was 8 and my brother was 5 my mom stopped schooling us. I begged her to let me go back to school. I hated homeschooling, I would watch TV and pray that I could go to school and be like the kids on TV. My mom abused me and my brother. She abused pain killers with alcohol. My mother became an alcoholic. My father was away during the week working and home on weekend, he was a truck driver. My mom would tell my brother and I that whenever someone asked them why we wernt in school we would say we were homeschooled and we finished all our work for the day. My mom always said if we were bad kids DCF would come and take us away. The state never came to check up on us to see if we were being schooled. When I was 15 my mother left my dad because his abusiveness was getting worse. He was abusing her anymore he was abusing me more. We moved into my aunts house with my aunt,uncle, cousin and grandparents. My mom got more abusive to me. She would call me names beat me and my brother started picking it up and was doing the same to me. My friends mom would come get me and I woudl stay with her. She became my mother figure, the only adult that cared and loved me. That summer I moved in with other friends and started school as a 16 year old freshman... it was hard I knew nothing. I'm back with my dad and things are worse.. should I sue my parents for this? Help! (Lots more but can't fit it)
Home schooling? How can i convince my mom?
Now heres my story, sorry if it gets a bit wordey but to completly get the gist of my Q you have to know I opologize in advance for the millions of typos and spelling errors your going to see. I just wanted to type it fast. Okay so the deal is, I go to a school that isnt run down by any means but it is lacking in the academic side of things. My perdicimic is that i just cant fit in. Ive moved alot so ive been to plenty of differant kinds of schools but every time i always find friends almost right away and im completly happy. Being in basketball normally helps this tremedously but here its just not happening. Im honestly a great person to hang with! Im not obnoxious loud or rude and i can be pretty funny too. I know im not sounding very humble at this point as i go on describing myself but im telling the truth. I just cant fit in. Where in the military you see and this is the highschool my side of the base goes to so i really dont have a choice in another school. so after trying it there a whole year and coming back for this new school year and still not getting a true friend i just cant take it anymore! its completly miserable. Sure i get along. I talk to kids in my class and on my basketball team, youd think after a whole year there that i could atleast hangout with the kids on the team but, thats as far as i get, just talking in class. Im trying to convince my mom that just for this year of tenth grade that i could be homeschooled untill we move at the end of the year. My Dad says no because he wants me to continue playing b ball and he just doesnt get it. The thing is though hes not even going to be here till december 14th or so when he comes home from Iraq. We have the money to do it and my moms friends with some one who offered to help us get started because they have a tenth grader whos getting homeschooled right now to. I mean its just to easy to do it. Please dont see me as a whiney brat trying to get my way. I honestly care about my education and take it seriously. Theres alot more details i could supply but it would take me forever to type. Please give me some advice.
Im 14 im homeschooled and very shy help?
Well I know exactly what you mean. And how is that because I am almost 14 and I have bin homeschooled for 6 years straight going on 7. And don't have alot of friends. Main reason because I move to alot of diffrent towns (so the friends i make never last). Well here's my advice! I know homeschooling is a big drag when it comes to having friends specially if you are like me (use to school and now in homeschooling) but since you are not a "baby" anymore. You need to talk to your mom. My mom homeschool's me because (she hates Public schools and the teachers there were perverts.) "This is just an example of her reason" But tell you mom you need to get more Social needs. Depending on what you are (a leo,gemini,virgo etc) You need alot of Chattyness between people your age (Personally im a Gemini) so yea anywho. Just tell your mom how your feeling and ask her to get into sports or things you like like um ( piano,gutiar,dancing,swimming,bball) This summer I'm getting into (dancing) so just ideas (as for how do you know what there age is) Depending on what you deside to go in is a diffrent story. and by there look and appearance should tell you alot about there age.. It should matter if there like 2-3 years older than you aslong as there Respectiable and can relate to you alot (is more important) But try just talking to people. I use to be SO SHY! i would get nervous pains so bad in my tummy i would cry cause they hurt. (shocker yes) But you have to start some were =]] better now than 18 right?
How to convince my mom to stop homeschooling me?
I have been home schooled since i was born (i'm 13) and i am getting sick of it. My mom teaches me but she really doesn't know how to be a teacher, she constantly yells at me because i don't now a definition, or i spelled a word wrong, or because she gives me all these books and crap and gets mad when it takes me a whole day to finish all the work she gives me. I have two little sisters which she also home schools so i know it is hard and stressful but she always takes out her stress on me, my grades, and my work. she'll give me an D because i spelled Mesopotamia wrong. i really can't stand being around my mom an sisters that long, now i can barely stand even being in the same room as them, or hearing their voice. I need to get out of my house, this home schooling thing has hindered my social skills cause me to be a loner in most of my extracurricular activities. i just can't stand it! how do i convince my mom to send my to a private catholic middle school for the rest of the school year.