Homeschool or stay at school?

Question

You see im a bullied kid and my mum thinks i should be homeschooled, my question is, what do u beleive i should do?

Answer 1

Home schooling is not an act of running from a problem.  It is the act of running to a solution!  Your mom has lived a few more years than you.  She put you in public school because she believed it to be a good option for you.  Now she is noting your individual needs and trying to find a solution that works best for you.  She obviously cares deeply!  Take her advice. If she says she thinks you need to home school, take her advice and try it.  She sounds like she is willing to help you get the best education without loosing your social life. Chances are great that if she is to this point, she has already talked to the school and experienced  unsuccessful results.  This is now common, by the way.  I have two VERY social home schooled teens.  They take home school co-op classes and go on retreats and do work projects with other teens.  They  have great friends whom I can personally appreciate who share their values and treat them justly.  They do not have the distractions caused by people who are simply trouble makers.  In the real world, if your co-workers were cruel and your boss would not listen, you would leave the job and find a better one.   Why should you be treated badly simply because you are thirteen?  You also said that you had struggles at home.  It must be hard to be kind to your family when you have so much anger bottled inside you.  If you are willing to admit that is wrong and try to be kind and respectful to your mom, home schooling is a great place to start in the mending process.  You will not have as many outside distractions.  Besides, junior high is a terribly mean age, in general.  It would be good to avoid that and concentrate on learning to respect and love your family and establish good study habits while picking your friends more wisely from a group (possibly other home schoolers or teens at church) of those who truly respect you.

Answer 2

Hey Terry. I'm a high schooler (guy) and I'm homeschooled. I really enjoy homeschooling because you get to make your own schedule and go places where others can't in the middle of the school year. You sound like a pretty cool guy and I know that bullying does happen.

I personally recommend home schooling although I know that many people enjoy having their friends with them. JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE homeschooled does not mean you have no social life, I assure you.

Don't worry. Sleep on it. Seek help. Pray.

Answer 3

Your mother should come up there to the school and address the problem to the principal OR transfer to another school or you can get homeschooled...

Answer 4

Hit back! I was bullied in school when I was there because I was a little guy who looked 5 years younger than I really was.

Now I work in a warehouse, look like a young teenager and yet I can take some people out if I need to.

Basically, just tell them you're tired of that c**p. Tell a teacher and if he/she doesn't do anything then hit the kid(s) with school books until they pass out. I believe all people who bully should be tortured. I luckily had friends who were big and would look out for me.

Answer 5

If your parents can and have the time to home school you, then I will suggest doing so.

I took my son out of school 2 weeks ago, he was being spit on, poked with a safety pen, stabbed with pencils, kicked, hit in the groan area bad enough where he had blood in his urine, he had kids writing on his clothes, pouring milk onto his lunch... The school did NOTHING to please me or make my son feel safe at school. I withdrew him and he is much happier. A kid at 14 should NOT be afraid to be at school. I have no intentions of enrolling him next school year. I will let my laundry pile up and leave dishes unwashed to educate my son where I know he is safe and we don't have to fear for his life.

Answer 6

Stay... don't let them run you off......you will eventually make friends....

Answer 7

You will not lose out on having a social life if you are homeschooled.  What kind of social life are you presently having being picked on and bullied at school??

Answer 8

Stay in school and stand up for yourself.  If you need an equalizer to knock this bully off his feet, get one.  No one should be forced out of school by a crappy bully.  Report his actions and defend yourself.