My parents won't let me go to public school... Help?
So I'm 14 and going into 9th grade. I've been homeschooled my whole life and I'm sick of it. My parents are strictly religious and claim that if I go to school, I'll end up brainwashed and against God. My dad was on my side before, and we tried to convince my mom to let me go. But she said no and eventually they both ended up against me going. I can't go to a homeschool group because there's only one in my area and it isn't very good. Anyway, here are the reasons I would like to go to public school. 1. I hate being at home all the time. I just sit around all day wishing I could go out. 2. I need a good education since I'm going to college in a few years. 3. I need a better social life. At the moment I feel uncomfortable around people, especially people I don't know. 4. I want to be able to experience what other teens experience. Like hanging with friends, doing class projects, and prom, etc. 5. I have no motivation to finish my schoolwork and graduate. Every day I wake up it's the same. I get up, eat breakfast, do school for hours, then eat lunch, do more school, play video games, watch YouTube, eat dinner, watch TV, go to bed, and that's pretty much it. 6. I only have 3 friends, and I hardly get to hang out with them at all. I can't get involved in anything. My parents won't let me hang out with my friends except for when I go to to church. So my question is this: how can I convince my parents to let me go to public school?
How can i get out of this piano recital? My parents have forced me to play since i was six.?
My parents have forced me to play since i was six. I hate it more then anything. With a passion. They make me practice an hour and a half a day and i hate it so much. I used to like it but they turned into something that i just can't stand and i always end up crying while practicing and i can't take it anymore. I have played for NINE YEARS and they still say that i can't do anything. I asked to quit but they won't let me no matter what I say or do. I tell them how much i hate and and how many other things i'd rahter be doing and i try to make compromises but it doesn't work. What can I do to get out of playing piano for awhile? Faking sick won't work, my mom is a nurse. I've never done that and i never will cause i'd just get in trouble so i need something other then faking sick. Anything that will get me out of playing.
My parents won't let me quit any other after school activities. How can I convince them to let me quit?
Lots of parents keep their kids in activities because they have work obligations, and want them to be supervised and busy, so they don’t get in trouble. Some feel that certain experiences or skills will make their children happier (music) or safer (karate). If you want our parents to let you quit the activities that no longer hold interest for you, you will have to convince them that you are honest and responsible enough to manage your own time, and that you have something more worthwhile that you would like to do with it.Sneaking to skip out of activities is not a best first step on this one.What would you *rather* do with your time? What would you rather do with your time that your parents would find safe and valuable enough to approve?You mention that you have lost interest in your activities AND school. It may be that the problem is not the activities, but you. Sometimes young people just change interests, and if you CAN think of other ways that you would like to productively use your time, that is probably the case… But if you *can’t* think of any other productive uses of your time that interest you, maybe you are depressed.If you ARE depressed, withdrawing from activities will not help you out, it will make things worse. Staying active and social contact are things that are recommended for people who are depressed. Getting enough sleep and eating regularly also helps… But ultimately, if you are depressed, it could help you to see a counselor. That is something you need to do before school starts again, because school participation and performance at this point in your life is a good bit of the foundation of your future opportunities: What trades or colleges are open to you, and what they will cost you to complete.If you feel you may be depressed, you really DO need to talk to your parents about it, and get some help as soon as you can. Being depressed when you are 16 is not uncommon. It is a time of great stress, uncertainty, lots of heavy decisions, new kinds of emotional and social pain. Depression is not weakness, it is a lack of tools to cope, and there are counselors who are good at teaching coping skills and good habits of thought that will address depression, and serve you all of your life.Good luck!
My parents are forcing me to play the piano and I hate it more than anything?
I've been taking piano lessons for six years and I still can't read the notes. I've hated it since the first day I set my eyes on it.I was too afraid to tell my parents about how much I hated it. Finally, I decided to confront my parents about my hate for the piano. My mom got mad at me and didn't talk to me for a whole week. She finally did talk to me after she called my dad who forced me to play. I got into numerous fights and I finally asked my mom, "Do you really want me to play an instrument I hate?" She answered, "Yes." I hate the piano more than anything. My dad said it soothes me, but honestly, every time I play the piano, I burst into tears because I still can't read the notes. My dream is to be an author. Writing soothes me. The piano discourages me. My parents don't understand the pain they're giving me. What should I do?
I'm extremely nervous for playing the piano at my school talent show, any tips?
My school talent show is going to take place in June (yes I know it's still far away). My piano teacher and parents want me to play at the talent show, so today I grabbed the audition slip. I haven't realized until now how scared I am to play in front of my school. I'm going to be playing at a piano festival over the weekend and I'm not nervous at all. I'm actually excited XD but when I recently played at a concert my hands were shaking and my heart was leaping out of my body! I swear that i felt like that. It was basically my first concert then (although I've been playing the piano for about 3-4 years). I'm twelve and will be playing a jazz piece at the talent show that is pretty popular but I'm not going to post the title. My piano isn't the best piano so it sounds different when I play on other pianos, and I hate practicing on it. But I'm just really nervous for the talent show, I'm scared of what the kids will think of me (I'm in middle school by the way). I really want to play the piano though, but I'm nervous. What can I do to get over this fear (please don't say to think of the audience in their underwear or anything like that becuase it doesn't work for me). If you can tell me something that can mE make feel friendlike with the audience or anything that helps you in talent shows then thank you so much!
How to get out of piano recital tonight?
I have been diagnosed with anxiety. It can become extremely severe to the point where my parents had to pull me out of school before it even started because I was hiding in the corner of my closet for 3 days. (I'm back in now). Anyways, I'm starting to get extremely irritable and I'm starting to go back into my major depressive mode because I'm so nervous about this recital. I've only been taking piano for a little less than a year and a half (I'm 14), and in that short time I've advanced as far as most people take 5 years to get to. So iI'm not worried about being bad, but I feel like I might pass out soon. I skipped the one earlier in the year due to the stress as well, and now there's even more stress because my uncle is here, and I am flipping out right now. I really don't know what to do, and I know if I go to this recital Ima screw up some how from being so nervous. PLEASE tell me how I can get out of this...
My parents won't let me go to a concert?
I am almost 16. By the time that the concert is here, I will be 16 and driving, yet my parents still won't trust me to go with my friends. And It's a concert for Ed Sheeran, it's not like I'm trying to go see some rapper or crazy rock band. I asked them to go and my mom said "Ok, buy 3 tickets, we can all go together!". They haven't ever even heard his music, they don't know who he is, but they want to go to his concert? I asked if I could at least sit with my friends and they told me that I can't, I must stay with them the whole time or else I can't go! Why would I want to go to a concert where nearly half my school will be at, all of my friends, and sit with my parents? My mom thinks that because "she was a teenager once", that I am the same as her. She also has told me that many artists have SEX with their fans once the concert is over and that she thinks I would do that. I am nothing like that...I get all A's, never done a drug in my life, I don't even have a boyfriend, I'm not sure where she gets these ideas. She has also told me that she won't ever leave me home alone for a weekend because she think's I'm going to invite guys over and have sex with them, which I have no interest in doing. But back to the question, am I being unreasonable or are they? Every time I try to bring up the concert she goes to buy the tickets and gets mad over something I said about her and my dad coming, which the only thing I have said is that she doesn't even know who he is so I don't understand why she wants to come. I'm going to college in two and a half years, and I plan to go out of state. They still treat me as if I were the same age as my two younger siblings, 8 and 10. She has the same rules for me as they do for them. How am I ever going to be able to make decisions for myself or live on my own in a few years if they don't trust me or give me any responsibility?
How to get my parents to let me go a concert?
Apparently, I can't go to a concert till I move out. I'm 14. Don't judge me. My parents say that they won't let me go because there's lots of drugs and stuff. I know people who've been to concerts and they're completely drug-free (if you don't count caffeine). I know it's just an excuse and they don't really have a reason for not letting me go. Trust me, I've been living with them all my life. I want to know how to get them let me go to a concert. I just missed one on Friday because of them. Worst part is, the band might never come back T_T. PS They don't listen when I say I won't be doing any drugs in the rare chance that there are any. They think they know everything about concerts even though they've never been to any. No brownie points for saying I'm too young or I should listen to my parents. I AM SERIOUS!