Correspondance?

Question

I badly want to go into schooling by correspondance, for the reasons that I simply hate public school and prefer to be a loner than surrounded by a bunch of gossiping girls. What do you learn from school except for perhaps "Bullying 101"? However, my parents are against it. They think I won't get a "social" experience if I went into homeschooling. That is one among many reasons. How can I convince them that this is what I want? I need some good reasons to persuade them. Thank you!

Answer 1

Tell them the truth that you just told us.....easy

Answer 2

I'm sorry your parents won't listen to you.  Your parents should at least look into this with you...

I'm doing correspondance homeschooling (American School) right now, and I love it.  It's great, flexible, and I'm learning a lot more than I did in public school.  Actually through correspondence, I am graduating the end of this month and everyone my age is in still in 10th grade.

And, yes indeed, you will still have a "social" life if your homeschooled...unless your parents have you locked in a cage...no, I'm serious.  

Ok, had to get that out of my system, haha.  

No, I am not dissing public school, but I agree with you, it just wasn't for me.  So, maybe my story will help you and your parents out a bit.

Answer 3

You will have *more* of a social life, and a better one at that.  You just need to connect with other HS'ers in your area.

Here are some of the activities our local HS'ed teens participate in:

*swim team at the YMCA

*homeschool co-op on Fridays (drama, photography, journalism, karate, math competitions, and all sorts of classes)

*bio lab on Saturdays - one teen's veterinarian dad teaches it

*homeschool band

*local university youth choir

*Civil Air Patrol

*Scouting (Boy, Girl, Venturers)

*youth orchestra

*Art of Problem Solving teams

*Math Counts teams

*Modern Woodman (speech) competitions

*study groups at other teens' homes

*child care for other HS families

*volunteer with adult literacy

*volunteer with all sorts of different agencies

*bible clubs & youth groups

*camps

*4H programs (we have 4 HS'ed groups alone)

*dance programs

*HS guitar classes

*tutoring other HS'ed kids

....and those are just the ones I've heard them talk about at co-op, where I teach some of them.

The HS'ed teens I know are highly respectful of each other, do not bully, respect other adults, work great with all ages of kids, get along well between the genders, don't have to dress in the most recent fashion to impress someone, don't discuss "forbidden" topics in the presence of adults (PS kids do this ALL the time!), and just have a lot of fun in general.  It is sooooo refreshing to work with HS'ed teens.  They are so much different (in a good way) than their public school peers.

Oh, and HS'ers have proms, graduations, sports teams, clubs...all those things you'd "miss out" (what a joke!) on if you didn't go to public school!