Here is the letter. Sorry it is so long:
Dear Mom,
I didn’t really feel like telling you this in person because there are too many details to remember. But here is the main idea: I am not happy. Last year, Stephanie caused me so much stress and my grades have taken a turn for the worse because of it. Before summer, when I left school on the last day, I knew of only 8 people who hated me. Now, as I am entering a new school year, I can think of 30 people who hate me all thanks to Stephanie. If you don’t believe me I can recite all 30 of them. Mom, Stephanie is out there to ruin my life. That is her goal. She tried to turn as many people as possible against me and she even tries to get people like Victoria and Julia against me too. Whenever I walk by her in the halls, she whispers about me and says “Ewâ€Â. And Mom, please don’t tell me to ignore her and make other friends. I am not good at making friends. And I am not the kind of person who can ignore this situation. These things really get to me and they bother me a lot. They make me depressed and pretty much all summer I have been worrying about this year. I can’t handle it any more. I’m the type of kid who you hear about in the news that killed themselves over bullying and stupid stuff like that. Not that I would do that. And Mom, it’s not just Stephanie. It’s everything. I hate school. I hate every single thing about it. I hate how none of my few friends are ever in my classes and I hate how you have to plan what you are going to wear every single day of the week because that is how people judge you and I hate all of the stupid gossip and drama and I hate the teaching environment. I also think I need more direct attention. In a classroom of about 25 students it is hard to relate to each student. I don’t ask questions in class because I am afraid it is like an obvious question or it has already been answered. I also don’t ask questions when I don’t get something because a lot of the time I am the only who doesn’t understand. I don’t want to look stupid. And I know you don’t like the High School at all. You say there are a lot of stupid teachers there and the community there is bad too. Oh and another thing: I was planning on hanging out with Hana this year because we are talking again but then I realized that at the end of last year, Hana’s mom requested that she was not in any of my classes because we were mad at each other at the time. So I will not be in any of the same classes this year either. Also, I am kind of friends with Hana’s friends (Julia, Kyle, Kaitlyn, Renee, Nicole) but they all requested to be in the same classes together, which means I can’t be in any classes with them either because Hana will be there.
So here is what I am thinking: Burke is really expensive so it’s out of the question. But I thought of something even better! Homeschooling! I know what you are thinking “No, no, no, no, no, no, no, and no!†I know that you don’t have time to home school me. You are busy with church things and social things and errand things and housework things. Not to mention that Erin will be home most of the time and it wouldn’t be fair to give all of your attention to me and not Erin. So I found these 2 schools where you learn online. Online home schooling! You probably think that it will be very hard to learn off of a computer but really, it is not. People graduate from online home schooling every year. I found so many people with positive feedback about these 2 schools. The first thing you should know is that both of these schools are Christian schools so along with a proper education, I will learn about religion. The first school is called The Jubilee Academy. The second one is called The Morning Star Academy. I personally like The Morning Star Academy better. Not just because it has a cooler name, but because it looks like a better school. Basically, with these schools you just go on the computer and take your lessons. There are videos provided and online work sheets. This is coming directly from The Morning Star Academy virtual tour: Hello everybody and on behalf of the teachers, tutors and administration I would like to welcome you to this short tour of The Morning Star Academy Online learning center. I’ll be describing just some of the many wonderful ways that The Morning Star Academy can help Home-Learners. May the Lord bless you and Keep you in His grace. The Morning Star is a private Internet site. Only registered parents and students are allowed in the actual online school. Every student and parent is given two secret keys to get in to the school…a "User Name" and "Password". This only allows authorized visitors into our secure online area. Once we have authorized your entry keys you will be taken directly to your Homeroom. Your Homeroom will be your entranceway for all of your classes and all of the resources available at Morning Star. Your courses are easy to get to. Just click on the class name and there you go! You will easily be able to see your course contents and major sections. When you enter your special course classroom you’ll be able to chat with other classmates and get help from your tutors. The Morning Star Academy staff is always available with both helpful suggestions and loving hearts. "My Teacher" shows you a picture of your teacher and your teacher's email address. The list of your specific courses is always available so you can easily get from one class to another. Every major section of a course is broken down into daily and weekly assignments. Remember that the Morning Star Academy is on an any time, Anywhere, Any pace schedule. The assignments can range from simple reading to web-adventures to online testing to special field trip. The Message center is a great place to receive your private school mail. Teachers, parents and students can communicate here before or after regular school hours so that we are always in touch. It’s so easy to write to your teachers and tutors. You can ask questions or just ‘talk’. I really want to enroll in this school! I know it is just perfect for me! The Morning Star Academy I want to go to is 1525 dollars and the other school, The Jubilee Academy, is 625 dollars. Obviously, the cheaper one is The Jubilee Academy, but if I did enroll there, that program requires you to teach me some stuff. And like I said before, you don’t have time for that. And so, 1525 dollars may hurt your wallet but before Mom Mom said she would pay for me to go to Burke if she had enough money so she would be willing to help pay for some of it. And I bet Grandma and Pop pop would too. And Mom, I want to go there SO badly! And you have to admit, it is pretty cool how you can just go to school when ever you want. If you really wanted to, you could wake up at 1 in the afternoon or if you wanted to, you could do your assignments at 1 in the morning! Of course, if you let me do this, I would wake up at 8:30 or something sharp and I would make me bed, get dressed, brush my teeth and get right to work! I swear I will be totally devoted to my school work and I won’t rush through it or anything just because it is on the computer. And then that will be one less student’s school supplies for you to buy. And if you are worried that I won’t socialize at all, I promise I will join some kind of group activity thing. Or maybe I will join a youth group. Or maybe both. I have a feeling that you might say no. But why? That is my only question. Why? Is it because you don’t think I can learn from a computer? Lots of people go to these online schools and they love it there. And if you still doubt that I could learn from a computer program after reading some feedback, you could always do a 30 day trial and see how it works. If you don’t like it then I could just transfer back to…. Regular school. Even if you are planning on saying “No†after reading this, at least look into it. Go to themorningstaracadmey.org. Take the virtual tour and look at the course demonstration. Oh yeah and that reminds me, they have better courses to choose from. They have creative writing and journalism and Bible and more. Please just look into it at least. Don’t give me an answer right away. Talk about it with Dad, e-mail the school, do whatever you have to. I want to go to this school more then anything I have ever wanted before. I don’t want to go back to the stupid public schools. I can’t tell you how many times I went to bed crying or worried about the next day last year. I don’t want to have to go through that again. And please don’t tell me that things will change because they won’t. I know they won’t. I know that running away from your problems isn’t the answer but there is no way to fix this problem other then just getting away from it. And don’t think of it as running away from my problems, think of it as starting over. A new slate. So please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please at least consider it. I really want this. I know I will be happy doing this so please please let me go there. Love, Sara
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