lila
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Post by lila on Nov 16, 2017 0:00:41 GMT -5
My parents are very against public school. My mother believes it to have been created by the devil or something, for even many of the catholic schools aren’t so catholic anymore, and my father is just more focused on me being able to start college early. The program I’m doing allows my college the community college near us to be fully payed for if I do well on the accuplacer test, so basically this year is just studying for that. A week ago my father told me that though it was a good idea for the college thing but he wanted to make sure I was onboard with it, or go to highschool. I like the college thing a lot, and being homeschooled is great, however I worry and feel as if I’m missing out a lot by not going to highschool. We started homeschooling because my younger brother wanted to be homeschooled, so my mom took him out, then because he was being homeschooled she did some research and decided it was much better and that the public school was very very bad, so last year we started. I’m a sophomore, or 10th grade, and have never yet been to highschool either. Only middle and elementary. I’m torn between the two options I have but don’t want to make the wrong decision,
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Post by Ask Anon on Nov 16, 2017 5:44:41 GMT -5
You don't say why your parents have chosen to homeschool you, but I'm guessing it's some religious thing?
There's certainly nothing in the Catholic Church that says school is wrong in any way, and millions of Catholic children across the world go to school daily, and many of them to a non-Catholic school.
It seems to me weird that people would seek to "protect" their children from 'alternative' ideas; that's a major part of growing up. And faith untested isn't really faith at all, is it? Plus they can't hide you forever, and one day you'll have to face the outside world ... without having had school to prepare you for it. Ultimately, it is you - and you alone - who will decide what you believe in.
You obviously have access to the Internet, so you should be able to make friends of your own age, which isn't ideal, but it may help.
Having said all that, I'm still not sure what you are actually asking for advice on. From what I read, your parents are making all the decisions for you.
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Post by Gina99 on Nov 18, 2017 0:36:41 GMT -5
Is the decision up to you? Also homeschool can be done with groups and can involve attending community courses, sports, etc so you aren’t spending all day one on one with a parent. I know a 10th grader on crew, taking shop classes constant homeschooling outings including overnight trips, historical meet ups, etc
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