Help. i need help immediatley!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE. SOMEONE!!!!!?

Question

okay, i'm swithching to public school from private. I have been in private my entire life and public is sooooo much easier than public, i'm not even challenged at all !!!!! how do i convince my mom to let me homeschool for 1 year and do two years in one. she dosent think its the right decision for me but i KNOW it is. and if your answering this question please dont take my moms side just tell me how to convince her to let me do it.

Answer 1

I really can't say how to convince her, though I agree that homeschooling might be your best choice.  One thing I can suggest is that if you are in Highschool you might look into dual enrolllment at a community college, or at least sign up for Honors and AP courses at your Public School.

Answer 2

If you want to convince her, you have to know why she says no, so you can combat those problems.  The idea of home schooling is scary for a parent, so show her how you can do most of the work without her having to prod you.  Find a homeschool parent in your area and have them talk with your mom about her concerns.  If her concerns are "social issues" suggest that you participate in after school programs so you don't lose touch with other kids.  If her concerns are financial, as they may be since you have changed from private to public school, find ways to get low cost materials, and help pay for them yourself.  There is no one size fits all way to convince her.  It depends on why she says no, but get the why's and come back to answers, and you'll get more useful help I'm sure.  Good Luck

Answer 3

Allright, i sorrta kinda know how you feel, i went to homeschool for a year, see , Convence your mom that You think you need more time, say youve looked over the curiculum and found out you need to be more challanged, have her Go faster with what you do, try having harder questions you actually have to LOOK up to get the answer, now, if she starts getting way out. for example one day your doing 5+4 the next its 5x+2=10 then id ask her to help or something, its all aboout being ready, tell her your not, use what youve told us to tell her

Answer 4

Do some research on the subject, prepare a presentation of fact, let her sit in on some of your classes (she can do that you know), so she can see for herself what you are talking about.

Present her with a plan; include goals, method, and a estimated time line for finishing.

If this is not an option see if she will let you get your GED, and start college courses early.

many home school students take college courses while finishing their high school program, but this is possible only because we can set our own schedule unlike the conventional schools who do not allow for that kind of flexibility.

Some sites to get information on home schooling are:

http://www.hslda.org/

http://www.nheri.org/

http://www.unschooling.com/

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/

Answer 5

You need to show your mom a challenging virtual school, which could be infinitely more challenging than homeschool.  Also, you need to talk to your school counselor about options of taking more challenging classes, like skipping to a higher English or math, taking honors classes, taking college classes (some schools allow you to build college credit hours and accept it as replacement of high school classes), testing out of classes, doubling up on requirements in one year (and skipping electives), and taking summer school to take classes on a fast track.  You could do a combination of these, such as taking online classes at a virtual college prep school while taking college classes online too.  You need to act fast if you want to make changes this semester because the really challenging classes will be hard for you to catch up all at once.

Answer 6

just ask her to let you skip a grade, if you get all a's she might let you, she'll be more up for that then homeschooling, believe me, and if you skip a grade you will still be going to your school

Answer 7

I agree that you should explore different class levels with your guidance counselor, or the school principal. Can you move into honors or AP by showing your skills? Grade-skipping is another option; also, some districts allow you to take college courses at greatly reduced rates--maybe you'll find college courses more suitable.

Answer 8

Look around for Virtual Schools.  Alot of districts have them.  You register in a school but do the work at home on-line.  Find one, get the information and present it to her.

Answer 9

I'm not sure why you think you would be able to do 2 years in one. This isn't about me taking your mom's side, it's about explaining to you how homeschooling works.

Homeschooling doesn't mean you take the public school curriculum and go home and do it. Homeschooling means the parents choose the curriculum and have the children do it. This curriculum may be easier or harder than public school. But they choose what will be done for the year--it doesn't count as "2 years". It's still one year of homeschooling, even if you make it through 2 Saxon texts in the year.

There's no set requirement for what it means for a "year of English" or "a year of science"--these are things the PARENTS decide. It doesn't sound like your parents want to even think about this right now.

If you could approach the homeschooling option in a different way, as a means of being challenged rather than trying to do 2 years in one, then you might get somewhere with her. You need to hear her out and find out why she doesn't think it's the right thing for you. You need to understand that homeschooling is a BIG commitment on the part of the parent if it's going to work out well. If your mom doesn't understand homeschooling, doesn't really know a lot about it, she's not going to be in a position to decide right now if it's a good thing for you or not. It could take time for her to get enough information in place to make a good decision. (Responsible adults don't just make a big decision like this without really looking at all the information and weighing the pros and cons.)

On the flip side, if being challenged is the problem with the public school and the only problem, have your mom be an advocate for you and see if something can be done at school to provide you more of a challenge or to allow for acceleration. You could still keep working on the homeschooling angle even if you take this route, or it could even help get homeschooling going if the school is not willing to meet your educational needs.

Answer 10

you didn't say why you want to finish two years in one. Is it to graduate early?

To present a clear case to your mom, first, you need to show that you have done everything you could to give this new school a chance: you've discussed the lack of challenging choices with your counselor and no other options are available, you are now in their most advanced classes and you still carry 100% averages in all your classes, so on and so forth.

Once you have documented all of that, search out a homeschool program you feel will challenge you in the same way your private education did, and present a list of the ways it is more challenging than your public school classes. This would probably require you to get a scope and sequence chart for the classes you want.

Then move on to the financial aspect. If you want to complete two years in one, that means your parents would have to pay for two years in one, so make sure the program you choose is not only challenging and will better prepare you for college and life in general, but it is also do-able financially for your parents to pay.

The next part of your preparation would involve scheduling. To complete two years in one, you would have to double the amount of work you do, completing bascially nine months of work in 4.5. Every week, in every class you would have to do two weeks worth of work, in a curriculum that sufficiently challenges you. That would be a lot of work for a program that does not challenge you, and very difficult in a more advanced program. You would need to show your parent that you would be willing to put all other things aside and do this. In this area, you would also need to demonstrate accountability, that you can learn this material on your own, and keep your schedule faithfully.

The last aspect is the social aspect. You will need to have social activities, which will be hard to squeeze in during an accelerated pace as this, but you can find things you like to do, when they meet, how much it costs, and present these opportunities to your mom.

This sounds like a lot of work, but since you know this is the right course of action for yourself, it shouldn't be too hard at all.

Good luck.