How do i convince my mom that i need to go to school?

Question

I'm 16 i should be in high school but my problem my dearest mom wont send me to school i have been home schooled all my life i have been learning basically all on my own i have problems in math and spelling

My mom wants me to get a ged ,but i think i would be better off with a high school diploma please tell me if I'm Wong,please help

Answer 1

Your mom probably just wants to

protect you. There are so many

issues with safety in public schools

these days and private schools are

so darn expensive.

There are pros and cons to being home

schooled. My friend was home schooled

and had to get her GED as a result and

she had to go through a lot of hassle as

a result.

However, GED's are becoming more and

more acceptable these days and many

colleges are opening their horizons on

accepting students with them.

I, myself, went to a public school and feel

that if I would have been home schooled I

would have been able to learn a lot more in

a shorter and more reasonable time.

If you really want to go, I would look up some

information about it and present it to your mom.

Get opinions from both sides and ask her to

keep an open mind on the situation.  

Answer 2

First of all, all the answers you are getting about socialization are total bull. Apparently we have a lot of uneducated people answering this morning. If you are having problems with socializing, I did not see it in the question.

I would suggest you looking into a book that has been referred to many times in this forum. The Teenage Liberation Handbook.

You really can self teach yourself most everything you are struggling with, but if you need to look into virtual schools as well. If you really feel you need to, talk calmly to your mom about the reasons you need classes at school.

As far as needing a GED, you really don't. College's look at SAT scores, entrance exams and a good portfolio to determine whether you get in or not. My oldest, 16, just got in to a community college at 16 years old. She will end up "graduating" high school with her AA degree. So, obviously it can be done!

Answer 3

Tell your mom how you feel about going to high school. Hopefully she will understand.  

Answer 4

I can't help you convince your mom that you *need* to go to school, because I don't believe you do. Nobody needs to go to school or to be homeschooled. They are choices, not needs. So try to take that thinking out of your head and you may open yourself up to other ways to look at it.

Another problem I have with your wording: "I should be in high school." No, you shouldn't. Not that you should be homeschooled. There aren't any "shoulds" really in this case. If you can take out the "need" and the "should", it will help.

Is your mom aware that she can most likely issue you a diploma?

Now, to your actual issue:

Why do you want to go to school? For the diploma? There are other ways to get a diploma (from her, from an online or correspondence school), so that's not going to convince her.

Why else do you want to go to school? Because of problems with math? There are other ways to solve that problem (tutor, online school, have you find other resources to help you), so that won't convince her. Same thing with the spelling.

Why else do you want to go to school? You need to have some other reasons to convince her. And why doesn't she want you to go to school?

Answer 5

Oh hun, you are definitely missing out on all the socialization skills that going to school teaches you. Not to mention meeting new people and hanging out and doing all those teenage things. Did you tell her how you feel? There is no difference, out in the working world, between having a GED or a highschool diploma.  

Answer 6

tell your mommy you need a social life.

like a real person.

Answer 7

tell her you're horribly depressed and don't be mean, but mope around for an extended period of time.  there are 8 kids around me who are homeschooled, and one went to go live with her grandma because she can't take it anymore.  you need a social network--- so important!  ask her if she'd be willing to cut herself off from all her peers to put herself in your shoes.  you might also want to ask what her motives are.  what is she scared of?  she should trust you if you're a trustworthy kid.