How can i convince my mom and dad to home school me!!!!?

Question

i am wanting to be homeschooled for a bunch of reasons. one i cant stand public school, i cant understand the way the teachers teach and they move way too fast for me to learn anything, i also race motocross, along with my dad, and i want to be able to go big in it, but with public school its near impossible... you come home, do homework and it midnite by the time your done....

Answer 1

haha i dunno

but i don't stay in public schol 4 more than 2 hours..

ur right ..boring

Answer 2

give them a reason. As in people are bullying you and u have brought it to someones attention but nothing has changed and you get tormented everyday, or something like that. If you give them an honest straight from the heart reason besides i just dont like it they might listen.

Answer 3

Well, first you have to ask why your parents don't want to home school you in the first place.

Are they worried you'll miss out socially?  Are they worried they won't be equipped to teach you everything you need to know?  Do they think you're just trying to get out of doing school work?

You have to be able to come up to answers to whatever their objections are.  So, for example, if they say: "You'll miss out on normal kid things!"  You have to be able to say: "Yes, maybe I will miss out some normal kid things, but I'll also be adding Positive Experience A, B and C" and I really feel that that's more important to me.

If they say: "You're struggling at school as it is! I'm not a teacher how can I help you?"  You'll need to be able to say: "I don't feel motivated in the school I'm in right now.  But I can get better and try harder.  If I raise my grades and show that I can have better study habits - and if I find a homeschool program that will be able to provide me with extra support when I need it - then can I home school?"

There are a lot of objections, so you'll have to have a lot of answers.  It will take time to prepare.

Answer 4

Tell us your reasons for wanting/needing to be home schooled and perhaps we can give you some advice

Answer 5

i hated school with passion and i begged and begged my mum to homeschool me but it never worked and then i started to enjoyed it again

Answer 6

tell them that you'll have more free time to spend with them and that the teacher comes to you once in a week and you can get a tutor that can help you,i am also taking homeschool this year

Answer 7

i don't think you should,,,homeschooling does not provide as many opportunities in the future compared to normal schooling

Answer 8

Try reading The Teenage Liberation Handbook.  It includes a chapter on convincing your parents to homeschool you.

Best of luck and be well.

Answer 9

I apologize for the negative answers you're getting.  I homeschool my three kids.  We all love it.  My kids also hated the whole school setting and were miserable while they were there, and like you said, there's no time for anything else.  The school schedule rules the whole family's life.  They'd come home, eat a snack, do homework until supper, eat supper, do more homework and go to bed.  It was tedious and boring and they hated it.  I was miserable because they were so miserable.  Now that we're homescooling, they're so much happier.  They are all at least one to two grade levels ahead and they are HAPPY.  They're learning things that they are interested in and they're not concerned about the whole school environment.  They ride dirtbikes, too.  It's their incentive to complete their school each day.  Once their work is done, they can ride all afternoon, if they want.  Most days, they complete their work by lunchtime.  There's no homework.   If you're willing to apply yourself, it really can work for you.  But you have to show your parents that you're motivated and are going to make it a priority.  And turn a deaf ear to the "socialization" nonsense.  It's not an issue.  All the best.

Answer 10

homeschooling is hard. first of, do both ur parents work? if at least one stays home, then convince them 2 spend their time homeschooling u, also, if they might ask if their r problems  at school, and that's why u want 2 b homeschooled, tell the truth! honesty is the best policy :) tell the benefits for them, like u could go at ur own pace, or it would give them something to do, then say ur benefits! never tell them n e thing bad about it! also, offer to help around the house if they say yes!

Answer 11

You are very mature for your age and seem to know your own mind which is great!!  Leaders of countries, or companies have not always been top of class and didn't enjoy school etc and I do know an American president was homeschooled; I think it was Abraham Lincoln..(you could look that one up) but you need to sit down and tell your parents what you are telling us.....and these are good enough reasons...and they have a very special and gifted child!  Otherwise you could try a Montessori based learning school which just works with each childs individual learning pace and uses different and fun ways of learning (the two CEOs of Google were montessori students)...look that up too!