My mom won't let me be home schooled please read?

If your parents are pretty hard-core against it, there's not much you can do. '

Having four friends doesn't sound bad...is there any reason she thinks you'd give them up if you left school?

You might also ask why she's not anti-social, seeing as she hasn't been to school in a couple of years herself. :-) Explore how grownups get friends. Logically ask yourself why you couldn't do the same.

Goody! Special Ed will get you less than GED if they give you one of those "certificates of completion" things. Those are the kiss of death.

Maybe you could find out if there's a private school you could go to nearby, or a homeschooling co-op. There could be hidden agendas here she's not going to talk about, like "I'm not smart enough to teach you," (schools work HARD at telling parents not to bother trying, because schools are "the experts") or "It was good enough for me, it's good enough for you," or "I think we would fight all day if we were home together."

Just know that it may not be the validity of your arguments at play. There's plenty of other stuff to go 'round, too. If you've done your research, you know that homeschooling has scores of positive aspects and very few downsides.

You'll probably always be "shy," which isn't necessarily shy. You may just be an introvert. That's not to say you can't get along with other or don't enjoy the company of others. You certainly can! But it's likely that being around other people "drains your batteries," so to speak, so by the end of the day you're already worn out just from being around everyone. Extroverts, OTOH, feel recharged, refreshed and energized by being around other people. It stands to reason that extroverts would be horrified at the idea of "staying home by yourself all day."

Homeschooling rocks for introverts, because you get to choose the amount of interaction you want. You spend as much time alone as you need to recharge, and when you interact, you're choosing to do so, rather than expending all your energy simply being part of the crowd.

I'm an introvert and I hold several positions where I'm required to lead and direct others...but since it's not a daily thing, I'm totally fine doing so.

First of all, your mom is WRONG. You have many options.

k12 is a government funded online school. It's public too.

It's free. They give you ALL the materials you need, text-books, computers, laptops, everything! And the teacher support is great. It is an accredited school too. They offer Honors and AP classes. (I take Honors) they have a lot of clubs. It's a public school too- there are LIVE classes teachers teach you online. During the class, you can socialize with friends. They have field trips where you can meet students and teachers in your area. there are discussion board, alot of stuff. Many students (ALOT) that graduated from k12 got a FULL scholarship to many of the top colleges- Harvard, Princeton, and MANY many more. It's a great opportunity!

If your mom says that it's a lot of work for her, pshhh no work for her. The teachers help you with everything. EVERYTHING. Your parents don't have to teach you a single thing. It's really great!

I'm in 9th grade and doing k12. It's really awesome. tell her you won't miss out academically or socially, and it's free. She can't say no. I hope that helps!

There really aren't any positives to being home schooled. It might make you closer to your parents but it just makes you more sheltered and protected. Even if school does suck and people there are really really lame you're going to be dealing with them the rest of your life. When you want to get a job, when you want to start a family. Being shy isn't a bad thing, completely ignoring society is. It would be good for experience dealing with them.

Additional: According to your other questions you play RS and "ruin ur social life whichhhhh I don't havee lol". You really should stay in school. If you start homeschooling you might get lazy and your parents will become your worst enemies.

Quit runescape. It's a waste of time. Do more productive things like go running learn an instrument and you'll become a more productive happier person.

You can choose to completely ignore my advice because it doesn't sit well with your 'need' to sit at home on the computer.. or you can make a life change and do something about it.

Charity Christian Academy has excellent online courses, including over 30 electives to choose from. Have your mom look at their site. They have a summer term, you could ask your mom if you could try just summer term and then after you do great with it, ask about next year.

I honestly think you should stay in school, it gives you the opportunity to to spend time with people and being able to socialize is important not only so you can have a good social life, you need to be able to do interviews for jobs and things like that and if you spend all your time alone at home you won't be able to do that. Being shy is usually a confidence thing, your scared of how people will react to you, it might not be in your case i don't know but if it is it will be good to push past that and build confidence. It will be good for you in the long run and who knows you might end up enjoying school.