Parents Forcing You To Go To A Certain School?

[War on Want]

Right or wrong?


I'll explain my situation. I have gone to a Charter school for three years and I hate it. There is too much busy work, the teachers are assholes, and lots of the kids are pretty lame too. I really dislike it and I feel very depressed often because of the high workload, and lack of fun. Well anyways I went to public school for elementary and I did fine. I had plenty of friends and its not like there was any "trouble" at my school. Hell it is rich, McMansion suburbia how the hell would it be bad for me if I went there for public school? I tried talking my parents into letting me go for High School because Charter has little AP classes because the school is small and of course I want to have more fun in my last 4 years of being a kid. Well anyways my parents gave me extremely BS explanations("The class sizes are too large") and are making me stay for another year(they said this in 7th and 8th grade too).

I know this sounds very angsty and all but really is this situation very fair if the public schools are fine, I really want to go there, and I actually have depression issues because of it?

[Sensei]

Well, if your parents are reasonable people, they'll understand your points if you say them as eloquently as you've written them here.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Well, if your parents are reasonable people, they'll understand your points if you say them as eloquently as you've written them here.

I concur.  I would try talking to your parents about it, and while it may be too late for 2008-2009, who knows what will happen for 2009-2010.  What's the worst that can happen?  They say no and you just start counting the days until you graduate and go off to college and you also make the most of your situation and try to find the good points.

That's what I do when I get stuck in a bad situation that I detest, I try to focus on the good points and what I do like.  It makes the time go a whole lot faster.

[King]

How could any parent possibly be afraid of the IDAHO Public School system?


If they still say no, just go to a party college like Wisconsin or something when you get older.  College >>> high school.

[Sensei]

How could any parent possibly be afraid of the IDAHO Public School system?


If they still say no, just go to a party college like Wisconsin or something when you get older.  College >>> high school.

yeah, this. You should have imagined the shock my parents endured when I almost went to University of Florida.

[DownWithTheLeft]

Not enough emo kids at the charter school?  I know brother, I felt misunderstood back in the 3rd grade too

[War on Want]

Not enough emo kids at the charter school?  I know brother, I felt misunderstood back in the 3rd grade too

Listening to Pop Punk=emo?

okay....

[Torie]

Show your parents the data that class size has nothing to do with the quality of the education (unless you get down to about 12 students or so), and then ask them what the real reason is that they want you to go to this school. Tell them that to have a productive dialog, both sides have to lay their cards face up on the table. After your parents recover from their shock, and ask who is "coaching you" (you can tell them your lawyer is ), maybe you will make more progress. Are you getting good grades?  Also tell them you want to set up an appointment with the principal of the public school for them. Get the principal of the charter school to tell your parents that it is a mistake to make you stay there against your will. Talk to the principal of the charter school yourself to make your case, and explain your reasons, and get him or her on your side. (The too much work thing worries me; there is never too much work! You aren't trying to just laze out are you?)

By the way, my parents let me choose my schools. Whatever I wanted was OK. In high school, I got my Dad to write out about 30 excuse slips at once for my first class (a biology class), because I told him that the teacher knew only about 50% of what was in the dumbed down textbook, and I was getting bored with correcting his errors in class, and I thought it best for both myself and my teacher that I make myself more relatively scarce. The bio teacher at one point asked if I were having medical problems, and I said yes, of a psychological kind, and was in therapy.

[Hash]

Right or wrong?


I'll explain my situation. I have gone to a Charter school for three years and I hate it. There is too much busy work, the teachers are assholes, and lots of the kids are pretty lame too. I really dislike it and I feel very depressed often because of the high workload, and lack of fun. Well anyways I went to public school for elementary and I did fine. I had plenty of friends and its not like there was any "trouble" at my school. Hell it is rich, McMansion suburbia how the hell would it be bad for me if I went there for public school? I tried talking my parents into letting me go for High School because Charter has little AP classes because the school is small and of course I want to have more fun in my last 4 years of being a kid. Well anyways my parents gave me extremely BS explanations("The class sizes are too large") and are making me stay for another year(they said this in 7th and 8th grade too).

I know this sounds very angsty and all but really is this situation very fair if the public schools are fine, I really want to go there, and I actually have depression issues because of it?

Tell exactly that to your parents, and if they're the type of people who care about what you think, they'll listen. Hopefully for you.

I've personally never been actually "forced". They chose the schools for me, but they chose wisely (out of the few choices). In Riyadh, the French lycee was run by some arrogant Quebec-hating Parisian, so we chose the American school. In Ottawa, we needed an English IB school, so there were two schools: mine, a normal public school, and Ashbury, full of rich white kids.

[Colin]

How could any parent possibly be afraid of the IDAHO Public School system?


If they still say no, just go to a party college like Wisconsin or something when you get older.  College >>> high school.

yeah, this. You should have imagined the shock my parents endured when I almost went to University of Florida.

My God man did you want to die of liver failure?

University of Florida is a pretty damn intense party school. I think only Texas might beat it out.

[© tweed]

Well, if your parents are reasonable people, they'll understand your points if you say them as eloquently as you've written them here.

reasonable people don't have children.

sorry, EMD, but you're f***ed.

[John Dibble]

I'm emphasize the AP classes - make sure that they know that some of them count for college credit, and they'd just plain help you get into a better college easier. Also, make sure they know that AP classes tend to have smaller class sizes since those are a concern to them.

I went through public school and I never felt the class sizes were too much. That tends to only be a problem in more urban schools.

[Torie]

I'm emphasize the AP classes - make sure that they know that some of them count for college credit, and they'd just plain help you get into a better college easier. Also, make sure they know that AP classes tend to have smaller class sizes since those are a concern to them.

I went through public school and I never felt the class sizes were too much. That tends to only be a problem in more urban schools.

Good advice.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I'm emphasize the AP classes - make sure that they know that some of them count for college credit, and they'd just plain help you get into a better college easier. Also, make sure they know that AP classes tend to have smaller class sizes since those are a concern to them.

I went through public school and I never felt the class sizes were too much. That tends to only be a problem in more urban schools.

Good advice.

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[Sensei]

Show your parents the data that class size has nothing to do with the quality of the education (unless you get down to about 12 students or so), and then ask them what the real reason is that they want you to go to this school. Tell them that to have a productive dialog, both sides have to lay their cards face up on the table. After your parents recover from their shock, and ask who is "coaching you" (you can tell them your lawyer is ), maybe you will make more progress. Are you getting good grades?  Also tell them you want to set up an appointment with the principal of the public school for them. Get the principal of the charter school to tell your parents that it is a mistake to make you stay there against your will. Talk to the principal of the charter school yourself to make your case, and explain your reasons, and get him or her on your side. (The too much work thing worries me; there is never too much work! You aren't trying to just laze out are you?)

By the way, my parents let me choose my schools. Whatever I wanted was OK. In high school, I got my Dad to write out about 30 excuse slips at once for my first class (a biology class), because I told him that the teacher knew only about 50% of what was in the dumbed down textbook, and I was getting bored with correcting his errors in class, and I thought it best for both myself and my teacher that I make myself more relatively scarce. The bio teacher at one point asked if I were having medical problems, and I said yes, of a psychological kind, and was in therapy.

coolest parents ever...

[Sensei]

How could any parent possibly be afraid of the IDAHO Public School system?


If they still say no, just go to a party college like Wisconsin or something when you get older.  College >>> high school.

yeah, this. You should have imagined the shock my parents endured when I almost went to University of Florida.

My God man did you want to die of liver failure?

University of Florida is a pretty damn intense party school. I think only Texas might beat it out.

Well, I was considering the school for *cough* the Economics Department *cough*

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

How could any parent possibly be afraid of the IDAHO Public School system?


If they still say no, just go to a party college like Wisconsin or something when you get older.  College >>> high school.

yeah, this. You should have imagined the shock my parents endured when I almost went to University of Florida.

My God man did you want to die of liver failure?

University of Florida is a pretty damn intense party school. I think only Texas might beat it out.

Well, I was considering the school for *cough* the Economics Department *cough*

Where did you end up going?

[Sensei]

How could any parent possibly be afraid of the IDAHO Public School system?


If they still say no, just go to a party college like Wisconsin or something when you get older.  College >>> high school.

yeah, this. You should have imagined the shock my parents endured when I almost went to University of Florida.

My God man did you want to die of liver failure?

University of Florida is a pretty damn intense party school. I think only Texas might beat it out.

Well, I was considering the school for *cough* the Economics Department *cough*

Where did you end up going?

Florida State, although I'm going to complete my undergrad work closer to home.

[Хahar 🤔]

Tell them I said that big class sizes are fun.

[War on Want]

meh my Dad isn't very reasonable. Essentially he is blaming everything on my Mom and says I have to stay for another year. He continues to ignore everything I say and insists I am making it up and that there is nothing wrong with my school. He is also selfish saying that I better not ruin his golf tournament by arguing with him.

Yeah Boss Tweed is right all parents are assholes.

[Sensei]

meh my Dad isn't very reasonable. Essentially he is blaming everything on my Mom and says I have to stay for another year. He continues to ignore everything I say and insists I am making it up and that there is nothing wrong with my school. He is also selfish saying that I better not ruin his golf tournament by arguing with him.

Yeah Boss Tweed is right all parents are assholes.

There may very well be nothing wrong with your school. I mean, how bad could it be?

[War on Want]

meh my Dad isn't very reasonable. Essentially he is blaming everything on my Mom and says I have to stay for another year. He continues to ignore everything I say and insists I am making it up and that there is nothing wrong with my school. He is also selfish saying that I better not ruin his golf tournament by arguing with him.

Yeah Boss Tweed is right all parents are assholes.

There may very well be nothing wrong with your school. I mean, how bad could it be?

Read my first post. The whole idea is that the public school would be better anyways not that my school is terrible. In many ways(socially and teacher wise) it is and in other areas it isn't.

[Sensei]

meh my Dad isn't very reasonable. Essentially he is blaming everything on my Mom and says I have to stay for another year. He continues to ignore everything I say and insists I am making it up and that there is nothing wrong with my school. He is also selfish saying that I better not ruin his golf tournament by arguing with him.

Yeah Boss Tweed is right all parents are assholes.

There may very well be nothing wrong with your school. I mean, how bad could it be?

Read my first post. The whole idea is that the public school would be better anyways not that my school is terrible. In many ways(socially and teacher wise) it is and in other areas it isn't.

well, the grass always seems greener on the other side. Just saying.

[War on Want]

meh my Dad isn't very reasonable. Essentially he is blaming everything on my Mom and says I have to stay for another year. He continues to ignore everything I say and insists I am making it up and that there is nothing wrong with my school. He is also selfish saying that I better not ruin his golf tournament by arguing with him.

Yeah Boss Tweed is right all parents are assholes.

There may very well be nothing wrong with your school. I mean, how bad could it be?

Read my first post. The whole idea is that the public school would be better anyways not that my school is terrible. In many ways(socially and teacher wise) it is and in other areas it isn't.

well, the grass always seems greener on the other side. Just saying.

Yeah but the whole idea is that I want this to be my choice and they have no reasoning for their opinion really.

[Хahar 🤔]

Public schools are indeed better. Of course, my experience is somewhat limited.