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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 657183" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Homeschooling is good for kids who don't want to go to school. She is old enough to do her work on her own or after dinner. When you homeschool, she can get her work done weekends or evenings, not on a school schedule. My daughter did it. If she is that afraid to go to school, she is not going to learn if she goes there.</p><p>Your daughter (and yourself) have some of my mental illness traits. While I went to school, I hated it and had panic attacks all the time or I put my head on my desk and slept. I didn't do any homework. I didn't read anything. I had given up. A homeschool cirriculum, if there had been one, would have been great for me because you can sort of do it with a lean toward what your daughter likes (although maybe it's different in California).</p><p></p><p>Not all kids are meant to sit in a desk for six hours listening to endless blather. I couldn't concentrate and, when I was really in a panic state, I'd leave the room and run to the bathroom (my safe haven) and stay there. I often walked out of school early and took a bus to the beach. I learned everything I know AFTER school because I do like to learn. I just didn't like school.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I did get a diploma...barely. I had under a C average and didn't care. The only reason I passed was because my parents were so mortified that I may not graduate that they hired a college student to tutor me in math, my big nemesis subject, and for other classes I'd failed as well. They cared about it more than I did, although I would have been embarassed without a diploma. I can't say I earned it.</p><p></p><p>There are so many options now to help kids who don't fit into a mainstream school setting. I bought my daughter a cirriculum and she finished it early and graduated at seventeen with a real diploma. They accepted her at two junior colleges, and she has two certificates...Cosmetology and Culinary (She is a chef). As for making friends, the kinds of friends Princess made were horrible and now that she is drug free her and her SO are just loners who hang at home with each other and the baby. And that's ok. Not everyone needs to have a bunch of friends.</p><p></p><p>Hugs and hoping for the best for all of you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 657183, member: 1550"] Homeschooling is good for kids who don't want to go to school. She is old enough to do her work on her own or after dinner. When you homeschool, she can get her work done weekends or evenings, not on a school schedule. My daughter did it. If she is that afraid to go to school, she is not going to learn if she goes there. Your daughter (and yourself) have some of my mental illness traits. While I went to school, I hated it and had panic attacks all the time or I put my head on my desk and slept. I didn't do any homework. I didn't read anything. I had given up. A homeschool cirriculum, if there had been one, would have been great for me because you can sort of do it with a lean toward what your daughter likes (although maybe it's different in California). Not all kids are meant to sit in a desk for six hours listening to endless blather. I couldn't concentrate and, when I was really in a panic state, I'd leave the room and run to the bathroom (my safe haven) and stay there. I often walked out of school early and took a bus to the beach. I learned everything I know AFTER school because I do like to learn. I just didn't like school. Yes, I did get a diploma...barely. I had under a C average and didn't care. The only reason I passed was because my parents were so mortified that I may not graduate that they hired a college student to tutor me in math, my big nemesis subject, and for other classes I'd failed as well. They cared about it more than I did, although I would have been embarassed without a diploma. I can't say I earned it. There are so many options now to help kids who don't fit into a mainstream school setting. I bought my daughter a cirriculum and she finished it early and graduated at seventeen with a real diploma. They accepted her at two junior colleges, and she has two certificates...Cosmetology and Culinary (She is a chef). As for making friends, the kinds of friends Princess made were horrible and now that she is drug free her and her SO are just loners who hang at home with each other and the baby. And that's ok. Not everyone needs to have a bunch of friends. Hugs and hoping for the best for all of you. [/QUOTE]
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