I hate being homeschooled and want to go to public school. Any advice?

There is only one opinion that the "popular" users in this thread think you are entitled to. The homeschool think-police will insist that you are inferior (read the insulting answer) unless you mindlessly repeat the brainwashed quotes of homeschool zealots, "Homeschooling is the only way to get a good education. All teachers are brainwashed government communists repeating an liberal version of history.

They are all atheists who subscribe to a secret anti-homeschooling curriculum, that you can only buy from top-secret curriculum suppliers. You are clearly inferior (unless you're one of my children) or you repeat exactly what I tell you is acceptable and quit whining" ....... Ok, I'm being more than a little sarcastic, but can you read a few of these answers that basically say they are entitled to their opinions, but you are not. It is quite a double standard.

Of course not every homeschooling kid or family is that closed in their thinking. Most will tell you that you are entitled to your opinion, as they are, but that homeschooling is a good choice and that there are many ways you can make it more enjoyable. Get out and join clubs, join a support group, join 4H, join the scouts.

I am sorry but the answers that insult you for your opinion give good suggestions, but they reflect very poorly on the manners of a few overly zealous and rude homeschoolers. Take co-op classes. Take an art class through your parks and rec department (If it's still funded in your area) I wouldn't want to be involved in a group led by someone so rigid in their views that they could not accept an alternative political view or opinion about how to get an education.

A closed mind is a hallmark of a poorly educated person. Yet I like the idea of homeschooling. Please give me a thumbsdown.

Give me 15. They prove my point that only one view is accepted here and that you will get put down and yelled at (ALL CAPITALS) if you don't agree with the specially approved correct view. Someone is the "mean-girl" of the homeschooling thread.

Don't sit at her table (thread). And don't think for a moment that there are no homeschooling bullies. As you can see there really are *all* types who homeschools, bullying moms, well educated people, less well educated people caring people, mean self-centered people.

Don't let anyone insult you. Get out and make homeschooling work for you!

Dorothy: No wonder you're a top contributor. You make a lot of good points. "Boo hoo and what she said" doesn't quite work, does it?

As you say there are programs that someone homeschooled could be enrolled in(after school, weekends.etc.) There are ways to network parent-to-parent to ensure that there is social interaction. There are obviously things that can be done. I am voting you best answer.

But you're not answering Toya's question... She is frustrated and she feels that she is missing out on all the things other girls her age are able to do.(I can't say other peers because she doesn't feel that she has other peers--she feels alone and alienated from her age group.) Hitting her on spelling and grammar is a cheap shot. (Twitter Generation? My Dad was an English teacher twenty years ago and wasn't allowed to teach grammar; but he had to read and mark their journals) If her Mom is doing even a moderate job of schooling her she is probably better off.

Y! Grll You have one year left. Things will be better.

I don't know if you plan to go to college or what you want to do after highschool, but you will meet people; you will have friends. The friends you will have when you're older will maybe be more important anyway. Find out what you can do in your community.

What are your interests and hobbies? See if there's a club that you can join. Volunteer at your Church or where ever.

Join a youth group. Go to the mall and try to make friends. I have to think that home schooling is lonely and kind of sucks, but honestly,public school has problems as well.

Tell your Mom you need to see more people your age. Tell her you feel isolated and alone. Ask if there are things you can do to be out a little bit more.

Talk to your Mom(big word--talk) and tell her how you feel. You do have friends--you have friends on the internet. That doesn't take the place of real life flesh and blood friends but it's something isn't it?

Things will be better. Be strong and don't let anybody put you down.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.