How can a 10th grader get out of homeschooling they don't want ot be in?

Question

My neighbor has been going to a private school.

and yesterday her parents say out of the blue " Great News! we'll be homeschooling you from now on"

she doesn't want to be homeschooled

her parents are saying that a lot of the things shes being taught are unnecesary

and they'll be pretty much not teaching or barely teaching math, history, literature, science

So pretty much the entire curriculem

I'm not a person who's paranoid and think everyones parents are jsut trying to control kids

but her parents might just be doing that

cause well, they shelter their kids to a point of madness

So i've looked at the home schooling laws and the only way out legally that ive seen is by totally flunking the tests but shed be done with 12th grade (assuming her parents taught her enough to pass the tests) before that would get her put back in her school.

So does anyone have any ideas to get her out of homeschooling

especcially with laws or rules cause asking nicely probably wont work here

Answer 1

Your Friend and her parents need to work this out.  You may find that helping your friend cope with her circumstances by finding the positives is a better thing to do to help her.  You should look into some of the statistics about how successful home schoolers can be.  Who knows you may end up begging your parents to homeschool.

Answer 2

I think you need to mind your own business.  How your neighbor's parents choose to raise and educate her is none of your concern.  Yea, I know I am probably wasting my time answering this because you are probably a troll, but thanks for the points.  FYI, using spell check will make you look less ignorant than you appear to be.

Answer 3

I, too, think you need to mind your own business. Would you be asking this question if it was a student whose parents had decided to move her from public to private? Or private to public? Or from public to some alternative school?

The only role you have to play in it is as a supporter. If the girl wants to learn all of the other stuff, help guide her in a way that she can learn it on her own. You might even pick up a copy of Grace Llewellyn's book "The Teenage Liberation Handbook" and give it to her--it may inspire her to take her education into her own hands.

Answer 4

IMO, she just needs to have an honest conversation with her parents.  Then as a family, they need to determine what is best.  She might find, after talking with her parents, that they have legitimate reasons to want to homeschool her.  This is a decision that each family, however, can only make for themselves.  It is a great solution for some, but not others.  I would question why she says the parents would not be teaching her all those subjects.  Generally, people homeschool to provide a better education, not a non-existent one.  If the parents thought enough of her education to pay for private school, I find it hard to believe they would then throw it all away to not teach her anything.  Perhaps, you don't have all the facts...

Answer 5

There are no rules or laws saying that parents MUST do this or that. There are some that outline minimum standards, but I've never in my life met a parent who homeschools who says that EVERYTHING is unnecessary.

You know, I'm not sure if it's your or your friend that's put an interesting spin on this. I seriously doubt she told you the true story, but I give you credit for being concerned as a friend. Remind her that she has a choice, *if* her parents seriously have said this, she still has the choice to educate herself. "No one can make you feel inferior without your permission", not even a parent.

Answer 6

First mind your own business.

Second how do you know what she will be learning? Do you think they aren't going to teach her these things or will they be providing the course work and DVDs to teach the stuff she need to learn?

Third the stuff I mentioned in the second part of my comment is irrelevant because you need to mind your own business. As long as her parents are following the law you have NO say whatsoever!

Fourth get a spell check that is not part of Y!A. Their's sucks. It's slow if it works at all. Try this www.iespell.com

Answer 7

She can look into being emancipated.

Here is a website with information.

http://usmarriagelaws.com/search/united_...

Answer 8

I don't think it is possible for you to "mind your own business" as others are stating when you have a friend that has turned to you for help with a situation that is is obviously troubling her.  Aside from that, I don't know your friend or her family situation and can't give you an exact guideline of steps to take to end homeschooling.  If your friend is truly against being home schooled, then she needs to talk to her parents about it.  She needs to make a list of her reasons for wanting to stay in school and also a list of her reasons for not wanting to be home schooled.  You can help her compile those lists and be there for moral support.  Check into your local and state standards and laws regarding homeschooling and use the information the two of you find wisely.  At 10th grade your friend is old enough to have a say in the type of education she would prefer to have.  Good Luck!!

Answer 9

Yesterday?  & They haven't shared the curriculum with you yet? Wow!  & they shelter their kids?

to the point of madness?  what no R rated movies?  curfews & bedtimes?  what exactly does that mean?

YOU'VE looked into homeschooling laws but have you looked into what the issue is in their home that has instigated this decision by her PARENTS?

i'm sure she will be allowed to go to the library.  Why not get her a GED study book & have her find out where the FREE GED CLASSES THAT ARE HELD ALL OVER AMERICA ARE!!!!  If she really doesn't want to be homeschooled she could take the ged test for free then apply for emancipation & finacial aid then go to college & live in a dorm!  but then she wouldn't be next door for you to snoop on.  O oooo OOOO maybe she has a younger sibling whose future education you could plan?

so the only way you could know this is if the girl told you & only told you enough to get you worried because 10th graders are sometimes mellodramatic attention junkies who love to cause drama?  Oh wait how old are you?

Answer 10

Convince the parents to not let them do homeschooling..tell them how it will deprive them of learning the same experiences as a normal teenager would.

:)

God Bless!! :)

Answer 11

No. Basically it IS up to her parents and if asking nicely doesn't work then there is nothing she can do about it.

Not that it's any of your business, but has it occurred to you that maybe her parents can't afford the private school any more and are trying to put a positive spin on the situation? If she's already in 10th grade they've left it a wee bit late to 'shelter' her 'to the point of madness' so I think you ARE being paranoid.

You seriously need to mind your own business because her parents will NOT be impressed if they find out you've been causing trouble, trying to talk their daughter into doing stupid things like failing courses.