I was homeschooled for 3 years.
Listen, it's not that bad. It has a LOT of great perks. You can do your homework in your PJs, eat whenever you want, work at your own pace and have total freedom with vacations, traveling, social events, etc.
But it takes a LOT of discipline. Unless your parents have an active role in forcing you to do your schoolwork at certain dates, it's entirely in your hands to get everything done on time, and that's very hard when you have so much freedom and so much responsibility.
Also, homeschoolers aren't devoid of friends. At least I'm not. I go to church, and the best friends of my life are there, and they were never a bad influence on me so I always had people I could count on.
Don't give up hanging out with your school friends when you can, and now that you have this extra time, USE IT. Do the extra-curricular and community activities you couldn't before. Join a club, or a regional sports team, do community service or charitable acts, or do extra-coursework or summer programs or intensive studies for college. Get a job and balance work hours with school, it's a lot easier with homeschooling, and it's a great way to make more friends. You can't just sit around and do nothing or homework all day, you will go mad. You HAVE to get out and do stuff and be active, work out, meet people, go shopping, have fun, travel, whatever it takes.
You're overlooking a ton of great advantages, but be wary, in order for homeschooling to be of a benefit to you, you have to use it to its fullest and not slouch around otherwise you could get really behind in your work and have nothing to show for it.
And to be honest, if you're going to an "old ghetto high school" I don't really blame your mother.
Homeschooling, when done right, helps you focus on your academics and have it harmonize with your "real life". If you were going to a bad school with bad influences or distractions, I can see why she might be worried.
Regardless, try to take my advice, and just work your hardest and do your best to not slack off.
Also, I highly recommend this high school distance-learning/homeschool program.
Online high school, home school courses: Keystone High School
Nationally-accredited. Online and correspondence courses. AP courses, electives of every kind, foreign languages, and if you decide to go back to public school, since it's accredited, you would have no problem transferring back (like I am this year
). It also has great teachers that grade all your work, and you can reach them by phone or email at any time. It's perhaps the most reputable program available.
Intentionally get low grades.
And screw up your GPA.
Fantastic plan there.
schools around here majorly suck. In fact, the only one that managed to pass the WASL was a prep school
when she told me about her decision, she said it was for my own good.
Yeah, sorry buddy, but trust me, she probably is working for your own good.
