So I've been having a really rough time in school. I'm sick of dealing with the pot-smokers and randomly mean people. I get sick just thinking about going to school. And yes, I have gone to adults and all that blah blah blah, and nothing's really made a difference in how I'm treated. I used to cry myself to sleep and made myself throw up just by thinking about having to go. I'm not dealing with this for another three years.

 

My Dad's agreed that I can be homeschooled. I'm ecstatic at the idea of this, and I've been trying to do my research, ect. but I would honestly appreciate the help/advice of anyone who has been homeschooled or knows anything about it? Some of the online stuff is confusing.

 

I'm in 9th grade now, and plan to start homeschooling next year. Since I'm in high school and have to graduate for the last time in a few years, I figure it's probably harder to homeschool in these years. So do you guys know how to go about getting started? How do you test (SOLs and AP tests and stuff) when you're homeschooled? Any other info would be seriously appreciated. Thanks, guys.

you live in a larger city or a town?

I don't sorry. I get all my stuff on paper.

But you DO know once your home schooled. You won't have much fun, You'll won't see your friends as much.

You will have way to much free time on your hands and that's no fun.

Top it all of. And I know you hate ya step mom. You will see your step mom... Much more lol.

I was homeschooled from kindergarden to the 12th grade and I loved it. You can make your own schedule, you learn time management, you won't be around bad people, and you learn to work independently. Anyway, when I was homeschooled a master teacher would come and visit me and my mom every week. The master teacher would give us a syllabus to show me what to do for that period. She would also help if we had any questions.. It was my mom's resposibility to correct all my work. All of my tests were taken at the schools office.I could also take electives like music,sports,and art at my local school. I could take my finals at home though.

I had to take a biology lab at my local school to qualify for graduation, but it was only once a month.

The school provided all of my books, which I returned at the end of the year. The school also provided tutors if I needed help with a certain subject.

Homeschooling is great I would highly reccomend it. You still have plenty of free time as long as you plan your schedule correctly.

I would try searching for a charter school near you, that was the type of school i attended and it was great.

I normally don't post in Personal threads, but sometimes I lurk around because I'm meh, and when I start to come across these things,

 

pot-smokers and randomly mean people

 

 

I'm in 9th grade now

 

I know I'm going to read really REALLY silly things. At least it's slightly decent than others.

 

I'm not even going to give you advice for homeschooling because I'm not a person who just says, "ERRR OK, ITS UR CHOICE, HAVE FUN".

 

Ok, so I'm going to just plainly say that you're over-dramatic, like big time. These are just like ones you've posted before, just over-dramatic situations that aren't bad as they truly look. It's high school. This is where maturity starts to sink in, and this is where your adulthood is finally realized. There are going to be people that will be "pot heads and randomly mean people" because that's a part of life. There are going to be bad people out there, and you can't simply chicken out because of it.

 

You just started high school, don't be the rebellious person because people are obstacles. You think you're sick of going, I have three years of high school experience under my belt (and next year is my last), I'm about ready to blow my brains out. I have to deal with so much shit those three years, just waking up for school is like terminal cancer for me, yet I still have to go because I need a proper education and decent relations with people, despite all the people I have to face. I remember when I was in 9th Grade, I actually signed up here during that time. I bitched about EVERYTHING because EVERYTHING bothered me. I bitched about everything because I just started high school and it's a different experience. It's was going to be hard times and not-so-great experiences, and still, even in my Junior year, it's the same. And you know, I stopped, because it doesn't help me one bit, and neither does these fellow members. I had to focus on my education and not worry about people, and thus, I grew out of bitching. And you're going through the same phase as I was. Trust me on that.

 

The last thing I got to say is that, if you can't solve these problems, then how the hell are you going to get a job? Are you going to get a job at your house? You can't because you're going to need MONEY. Money is going to support you for the rest of your life, and sooner or later, you can't rely on your dad to support you and your needs, especially when you turn 18. You can't simply hide in your house, hoping that one day all the nasty people will go away and you can enjoy life. If you ever get a job, most likely, it's going to be a public one, where you're going to have to face potentially "pot smokers and randomly mean people" more than what you had to deal with in high school. It's going to happen one way or another.

 

I can tell you're an intelligent kid, but the fact that you just give up right there, without TRULY giving it much though really disappoints me. There's not even a "Should I really do homeschooling or not. I have to think about the consequences and choices that will affect my life today and the future?", it's just a, "HAI GAIS CAN U GAIS LIKE HELP ME WITH PLANNING OF HOMESKOOLING." Honestly, are you really going to do that?

 

If I have to be a dick to make sure you don't regret something in the future, then yeah, I'll be a dick. Frankly, high school is where you're really going to get a lot of experience with life, and you can really enjoy if you can actually make the best out of it. It's a one chance thing that should never be given up on, but you're turning it down. You're not going to go far without high school, that's all I got to say.

 

I mean, my opinion might not matter, and you're probably just ignore me like everyone else does, but think REALLY HARD about what you're doing. It's up to you what you'll do, but if you're really going to do this with the reasons you've told me up there, then I'm not really going to respect your wishes.

Edited April 26, 201213 yr by Tom

Hey don't worry I feel the same way to sometimes, it bothers me and I have been checking some online schools, but I still go to public schools and do my best to ignore everything and everyone except for the information that is being teached.

So I've been having a really rough time in school. I'm sick of dealing with the pot-smokers and randomly mean people. I get sick just thinking about going to school. And yes, I have gone to adults and all that blah blah blah, and nothing's really made a difference in how I'm treated. I used to cry myself to sleep and made myself throw up just by thinking about having to go. I'm not dealing with this for another three years.

 

My Dad's agreed that I can be homeschooled. I'm ecstatic at the idea of this, and I've been trying to do my research, ect. but I would honestly appreciate the help/advice of anyone who has been homeschooled or knows anything about it? Some of the online stuff is confusing.

 

I'm in 9th grade now, and plan to start homeschooling next year. Since I'm in high school and have to graduate for the last time in a few years, I figure it's probably harder to homeschool in these years. So do you guys know how to go about getting started? How do you test (SOLs and AP tests and stuff) when you're homeschooled? Any other info would be seriously appreciated. Thanks, guys.

 

The testing would depend on how you go about your homeschooling. Are you going to cyber-school, have a teacher face-to-face, or is your dad going to teach you? These would all decide how your testing would be done. My younger brother does cyber-school and he seems to enjoy it, for the most part.

YOU NEED TO PUSH YOURSELF INTO DOING ALL THE WORK.

 

Or, don't go to homeschooling and deal with it. Both of my siblings will have graduated from high school while homeschooling because they were wimps who couldn't take it. I will be the only one with the full cap and gown ceremony.

Don't wimp out because you don't want to be around bad people. To slightly quote a certain mouse: "Life is made up of both good and bad experiences. You can't have one without the other."

 

Besides, no good high school memories ever came from homeschooling.

I normally don't post in Personal threads, but sometimes I lurk around because I'm meh, and when I start to come across these things,

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know I'm going to read really REALLY silly things. At least it's slightly decent than others.

 

I'm not even going to give you advice for homeschooling because I'm not a person who just says, "ERRR OK, ITS UR CHOICE, HAVE FUN".

 

Ok, so I'm going to just plainly say that you're over-dramatic, like big time. These are just like ones you've posted before, just over-dramatic situations that aren't bad as they truly look. It's high school. This is where maturity starts to sink in, and this is where your adulthood is finally realized. There are going to be people that will be "pot heads and randomly mean people" because that's a part of life. There are going to be bad people out there, and you can't simply chicken out because of it.

 

You just started high school, don't be the rebellious person because people are obstacles. You think you're sick of going, I have three years of high school experience under my belt (and next year is my last), I'm about ready to blow my brains out. I have to deal with so much shit those three years, just waking up for school is like terminal cancer for me, yet I still have to go because I need a proper education and decent relations with people, despite all the people I have to face. I remember when I was in 9th Grade, I actually signed up here during that time. I bitched about EVERYTHING because EVERYTHING bothered me. I bitched about everything because I just started high school and it's a different experience. It's was going to be hard times and not-so-great experiences, and still, even in my Junior year, it's the same. And you know, I stopped, because it doesn't help me one bit, and neither does these fellow members. I had to focus on my education and not worry about people, and thus, I grew out of bitching. And you're going through the same phase as I was. Trust me on that.

 

The last thing I got to say is that, if you can't solve these problems, then how the hell are you going to get a job? Are you going to get a job at your house? You can't because you're going to need MONEY. Money is going to support you for the rest of your life, and sooner or later, you can't rely on your dad to support you and your needs, especially when you turn 18. You can't simply hide in your house, hoping that one day all the nasty people will go away and you can enjoy life. If you ever get a job, most likely, it's going to be a public one, where you're going to have to face potentially "pot smokers and randomly mean people" more than what you had to deal with in high school. It's going to happen one way or another.

 

I can tell you're an intelligent kid, but the fact that you just give up right there, without TRULY giving it much though really disappoints me. There's not even a "Should I really do homeschooling or not. I have to think about the consequences and choices that will affect my life today and the future?", it's just a, "HAI GAIS CAN U GAIS LIKE HELP ME WITH PLANNING OF HOMESKOOLING." Honestly, are you really going to do that?

 

If I have to be a dick to make sure you don't regret something in the future, then yeah, I'll be a dick. Frankly, high school is where you're really going to get a lot of experience with life, and you can really enjoy if you can actually make the best out of it. It's a one chance thing that should never be given up on, but you're turning it down. You're not going to go far without high school, that's all I got to say.

 

I mean, my opinion might not matter, and you're probably just ignore me like everyone else does, but think REALLY HARD about what you're doing. It's up to you what you'll do, but if you're really going to do this with the reasons you've told me up there, then I'm not really going to respect your wishes.

 

First I want to say, Think Pink, I truly understand what you're going through. I've been tortured, followed home, picked on for YEARS. I had SO MUCH drama in grade and high school that I had suicidal thoughts. It was bad.

 

However, Tom is right.

 

My Senior year of H.S. I was so badly tortured by my best friends ex boyfriend, he got ALL (including my best friend) people against me. I had papers and pencils thrown at me in the hall, nasty rumors started.. I literally couldn't do anything. I was sick every day because I knew I had to endure it. So, I started skipping. DAYS even WEEKS at a time. Guess what happened?… I got expelled.

 

2 months before my graduation I was expelled. I was forced to do the "Twilight Program" at the local public school (which was all drugs, thugs, weirdo's trying to hit on me) for the last 2 remaining months. It was only 2 days a week, but it was from 4 pm to 8 pm in a really bad neighborhood and as punishment, my parents wouldn't drop me off or take me home. I had to walk. It was far too, in awful neighborhoods. I did it though. I got my cap, gown, yearbook and everything else from my Catholic school (in a lot of pictures too), but my diploma from the public school.

 

However, still to this day, I regret getting expelled. All the time. I wish I would've gotten a back bone and endured my last 2 months. I'm embarrassed that I gave up, I cost my parents SO MUCH money, I let them down, I let myself down..

 

Im not saying there's anything wrong with homeschooling. My friends brother and sister are home schooled and they have honors, they have TONS of friends, have a social life and have a great time! Just make sure you really want to do it, thats all. Weigh out the pro's and con's.

 

Either way, I know we don't know each other, but I can tell you whatever you choose, I'd trust you're making the absolute right choice for YOU and will be happy with it. Tom was giving you "tough love." He doesn't want to see you give up. If you do decide homeschooling, it doesn't make you a quitter.. It's just going to be what you think is better for you. Tom is just trying to get you to think about it more because he's right. it's a once in a lifetime experience. My Freshmen-Junior years were the best times of my life. Senior was hard, but I still wish I would've stuck it out. You really grow as a person, start finding yourself, go through a lot of drama, but also a lot of good.. You really can't hide from it because it happens everywhere. Assholes, excuse my french, are everywhere. They're at work, they're at the movies, they're at the mall, they're at the park, they're walking down the street.. You're going to have to deal with them for a long time haha High School is the perfect place to prepare you for the real world.

 

I wish you the best of luck with your decision! Just try to be calm, really think about it, and do whats best for you

Edited April 26, 201213 yr by waytothexdawnx

YOU NEED TO PUSH YOURSELF INTO DOING ALL THE WORK.

 

Or, don't go to homeschooling and deal with it. Both of my siblings will have graduated from high school while homeschooling because they were wimps who couldn't take it. I will be the only one with the full cap and gown ceremony.

Don't wimp out because you don't want to be around bad people. To slightly quote a certain mouse: "Life is made up of both good and bad experiences. You can't have one without the other."

 

Besides, no good high school memories ever came from homeschooling.

 

He is right home school is a lot of hard work, but I thought it was worth it. Also, it just depends on which program you join because I had a full cap and gown graduation in a theatre.

I normally don't post in Personal threads, but sometimes I lurk around because I'm meh, and when I start to come across these things,

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know I'm going to read really REALLY silly things. At least it's slightly decent than others.

 

I'm not even going to give you advice for homeschooling because I'm not a person who just says, "ERRR OK, ITS UR CHOICE, HAVE FUN".

 

Ok, so I'm going to just plainly say that you're over-dramatic, like big time. These are just like ones you've posted before, just over-dramatic situations that aren't bad as they truly look. It's high school. This is where maturity starts to sink in, and this is where your adulthood is finally realized. There are going to be people that will be "pot heads and randomly mean people" because that's a part of life. There are going to be bad people out there, and you can't simply chicken out because of it.

 

You just started high school, don't be the rebellious person because people are obstacles. You think you're sick of going, I have three years of high school experience under my belt (and next year is my last), I'm about ready to blow my brains out. I have to deal with so much shit those three years, just waking up for school is like terminal cancer for me, yet I still have to go because I need a proper education and decent relations with people, despite all the people I have to face. I remember when I was in 9th Grade, I actually signed up here during that time. I bitched about EVERYTHING because EVERYTHING bothered me. I bitched about everything because I just started high school and it's a different experience. It's was going to be hard times and not-so-great experiences, and still, even in my Junior year, it's the same. And you know, I stopped, because it doesn't help me one bit, and neither does these fellow members. I had to focus on my education and not worry about people, and thus, I grew out of bitching. And you're going through the same phase as I was. Trust me on that.

 

The last thing I got to say is that, if you can't solve these problems, then how the hell are you going to get a job? Are you going to get a job at your house? You can't because you're going to need MONEY. Money is going to support you for the rest of your life, and sooner or later, you can't rely on your dad to support you and your needs, especially when you turn 18. You can't simply hide in your house, hoping that one day all the nasty people will go away and you can enjoy life. If you ever get a job, most likely, it's going to be a public one, where you're going to have to face potentially "pot smokers and randomly mean people" more than what you had to deal with in high school. It's going to happen one way or another.

 

I can tell you're an intelligent kid, but the fact that you just give up right there, without TRULY giving it much though really disappoints me. There's not even a "Should I really do homeschooling or not. I have to think about the consequences and choices that will affect my life today and the future?", it's just a, "HAI GAIS CAN U GAIS LIKE HELP ME WITH PLANNING OF HOMESKOOLING." Honestly, are you really going to do that?

 

If I have to be a dick to make sure you don't regret something in the future, then yeah, I'll be a dick. Frankly, high school is where you're really going to get a lot of experience with life, and you can really enjoy if you can actually make the best out of it. It's a one chance thing that should never be given up on, but you're turning it down. You're not going to go far without high school, that's all I got to say.

 

I mean, my opinion might not matter, and you're probably just ignore me like everyone else does, but think REALLY HARD about what you're doing. It's up to you what you'll do, but if you're really going to do this with the reasons you've told me up there, then I'm not really going to respect your wishes.

 

I've been bullied basically since childhood. It's not a new problem, and especially in middle school I came home every single day crying. I was trying not to get too into my reasoning because I knew it would just upset me. I don't think I'm exaggerating at all. It's been an extremely painful experience and pushed me to the verge of suicide. I'm not going to stay in a place like that. And on the educational side, my math teacher can't even teach our class because she can't control them. I've learned hardly anything this year in math. The same situation in a lot of classes.

The testing would depend on how you go about your homeschooling. Are you going to cyber-school, have a teacher face-to-face, or is your dad going to teach you? These would all decide how your testing would be done. My younger brother does cyber-school and he seems to enjoy it, for the most part.

 

We found a cool program where you can do certain subjects online, and have someone teach you the rest. We're thinking my Dad can teach me English, History, and Math, but the other classes will have to be online.

YOU NEED TO PUSH YOURSELF INTO DOING ALL THE WORK.

 

Or, don't go to homeschooling and deal with it. Both of my siblings will have graduated from high school while homeschooling because they were wimps who couldn't take it. I will be the only one with the full cap and gown ceremony.

Don't wimp out because you don't want to be around bad people. To slightly quote a certain mouse: "Life is made up of both good and bad experiences. You can't have one without the other."

 

Besides, no good high school memories ever came from homeschooling.

 

I don't think I'm a wimp. I've suffered since practically kindergarten. I've taken nine years of this and every year it gets progressively worse. I don't care about the ceremony, and I don't really plan on attending college in all honestly.

And I'm not having any good high school memories where I am. All I'm getting is terrible memories and suicidal thoughts. It's not a healthy place.

Edited April 26, 201213 yr by Think Pink

I've been bullied basically since childhood. It's not a new problem, and especially in middle school I came home every single day crying. I was trying not to get too into my reasoning because I knew it would just upset me. I don't think I'm exaggerating at all. It's been an extremely painful experience and pushed me to the verge of suicide. I'm not going to stay in a place like that. And on the educational side, my math teacher can't even teach our class because she can't control them. I've learned hardly anything this year in math. The same situation in a lot of classes.

 

We found a cool program where you can do certain subjects online, and have someone teach you the rest. We're thinking my Dad can teach me English, History, and Math, but the other classes will have to be online.

 

I don't think I'm a wimp. I've suffered since practically kindergarten. I've taken nine years of this and every year it gets progressively worse. I don't care about the ceremony, and I don't really plan on attending college in all honestly.

And I'm not having any good high school memories where I am. All I'm getting is terrible memories and suicidal thoughts. It's not a healthy place.

 

I agree with Tom and everyone else saying that you should probably stay in school.

 

But if it's really affecting your mental health and hindering your education, then homeschooling will do you some good.

 

I have no advice on homeschooling tho

Not gonna lie, homeschooled kids generally turn out a little on the socially awkward side, at least all of the ones I've met. The world is full of assholes and mommy and daddy shielding them from you isn't going to help when you have to go into the world and confront them.

 

It also makes it harder for you to see your friends and make new ones. Some of the homeschoooled kids I see around once in a while haven't been able to hang out with the friends they had in school for months.

 

Unless regular school is not meeting your academic needs, or you think you could do A LOT better homeschooled (maybe a letter grade or two higher) I don't recommend it. I heard it makes learning a lot easier, but it destroys your social life.

Not gonna lie, homeschooled kids generally turn out a little on the socially awkward side, at least all of the ones I've met. The world is full of assholes and mommy and daddy shielding them from you isn't going to help when you have to go into the world and confront them.

 

It also makes it harder for you to see your friends and make new ones. Some of the homeschoooled kids I see around once in a while haven't been able to hang out with the friends they had in school for months.

 

Unless regular school is not meeting your academic needs, or you think you could do A LOT better homeschooled (maybe a letter grade or two higher) I don't recommend it. I heard it makes learning a lot easier, but it destroys your social life.

 

I'm homeschooled, and this is all very true. Homeschooling completely ruins your social life.

 

I've been homeschooled since kindergarten, my mom being my teacher. I regret it a lot of the time, mainly bc I've had no friends growing up.

 

I don't know you and I don't know your exact circumstances, but I think you should stick it out, or else I think you would be much more miserable being homeschooled.

Not gonna lie, homeschooled kids generally turn out a little on the socially awkward side, at least all of the ones I've met. The world is full of assholes and mommy and daddy shielding them from you isn't going to help when you have to go into the world and confront them.

 

It also makes it harder for you to see your friends and make new ones. Some of the homeschoooled kids I see around once in a while haven't been able to hang out with the friends they had in school for months.

 

Unless regular school is not meeting your academic needs, or you think you could do A LOT better homeschooled (maybe a letter grade or two higher) I don't recommend it. I heard it makes learning a lot easier, but it destroys your social life.

 

I don't think the social part would honestly affect me very much from where I am now. I hang out with the kids on my street daily, and have sleepovers with my two best friends who go to another school. My Dad pointed out that in school when I don't understand something, I'm out of luck because the teachers rarely have time for me. It'd probably work out well in the academic aspect as well.

 

@everyone

I thank you guys who are giving me info on testing & stuff. And those of you telling me to get over it and stay in public school, I'm asking for information, not recommendations on how I should live my life. I made this thread because I don't entirely understand the system and I wanted to make an informed decision, not because I wanted people to tell me what to do. I think this is best for me at this time, and honestly you guys can't see the whole situation because it'd take forever to write out in a thread. I thank you for trying to help me because I know you have the best intentions, but I'm looking for facts, not for people to make choices for me.

I pretty much agree with Lexi. My friend's boyfriend is home schooled and his social life isn't terrible at all. He has hockey practice four times a week and is pretty well known in the town he lives in because he hangs out with everybody. In short, his social life isn't a mess. And who said anything about Lexi hiding behind her dad or from the world? Who said she's never going to find or look for a job? Who said she's giving up? It doesn't look like that to me. Besides the bullying situation, it looks like she's looking for a better environment to learn. Have any of you thought of that? From the sound of it, her school isn't the ideal place. And like Lexi said, she's not looking for you to hand out choices for her. She's looking for someone to help her broaden what information she already has on homeschooling.

 

I don't think the social part would honestly affect me very much from where I am now. I hang out with the kids on my street daily, and have sleepovers with my two best friends who go to another school. My Dad pointed out that in school when I don't understand something, I'm out of luck because the teachers rarely have time for me. It'd probably work out well in the academic aspect as well.

 

@everyone

I thank you guys who are giving me info on testing & stuff. And those of you telling me to get over it and stay in public school, I'm asking for information, not recommendations on how I should live my life. I made this thread because I don't entirely understand the system and I wanted to make an informed decision, not because I wanted people to tell me what to do. I think this is best for me at this time, and honestly you guys can't see the whole situation because it'd take forever to write out in a thread. I thank you for trying to help me because I know you have the best intentions, but I'm looking for facts, not for people to make choices for me.

 

I'm sorry. I totally missed the point didn't I?