How can I get homeschooled?

How can I get my parents to let me become homeschooled?

• I'm going into grade 11 and I don't like my school at all. If I get homeschooled I would be able to work better without getting distracted and have more course options because ...show more

• Answer:

  Firstly, how much research have you done? If I was you, I'd start by finding out about home-education where you live. I don't know what the rules are where you live but here education ceases to be compulsory after year 10, in which case you wouldn't need official permission to homeschool and your parents wouldn't have to be officially involved. If, in your jurisdiction, compulsory education goes beyond Year 10, you'll need to check out the local rules, requirements etc -- you could start by going to http://www.hslda.org and clicking on your state (assuming you're in America as you say 'grade 10'). You'd also need to research how you're going to homeschool: your proposed methodology etc. Just because you've chosen to 'homeschool' does *not* mean you have to do school (or anything resembling it!) at home, unless that is what you want to do. Being homeschooled also does *not* mean your parents have to take on the role of your teachers, unless that is what you and they want. My siblings and I are home-educated, have been all our lives and our parents don't teach us: mentor us, yes; teach us, no. They both run their own businesses, they don't have the time to teach nine different things to nine kids! If you're going into grade 11, you must be what? 16? Most home-educated 16 year olds either teach themselves or organise their own 'teachers' for themselves from within their family, friends, neighbours, local community etc. (Alternatively there are both private and public online schools that you could go with eg K12, Penn Foster etc. Strictly speaking, that isn't homeschooling as you'd be a private/public school student but they do offer another way for you to do your lessons at home) Secondly, have you even broached the subject with your parents yet? You need to talk to them, find out what their thoughts and feelings are...and then, if necessary, find the information/people (poss. from a local homeschooling group) that it's going to take to assuage them. Thirdly, see if you can find a copy of Grace Llewellyn's book: 'The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to quit school and get a real-life and education'.