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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 666966" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Any idea WHY he is missing school?</p><p> </p><p>My complex conundrum kid ended up quitting school. We warned him it would make life difficult to not finish, but he said that nothing could be worse than what he was going through at school. We knew enough of what was going on (like, maybe 10% of it) that we allowed him to choose. He was 17 at the time.</p><p> </p><p>Teenaged kids are cruel beyond belief. What I found harder to deal with was that many of the teachers were that way as well. (Not ALL teachers... we had some stellar ones too.) Once a teacher starts picking on a teenager? The teenager has two choices... quit, or join the low-life drug-using crowd, where at least you have a bit of a safe haven. Some choice!</p><p> </p><p>I have a second kid. NOT a complex conundrum kid. Some minor differences, some bad experiences. THAT kid is no longer "in school" either... but IS continuing with home-based on-line instruction. Will finish, but might take a couple extra years.</p><p> </p><p>Bottom line... sometimes, no matter how hard you fight, school isn't going to give you what your kid needs. What do you have for options and alternatives? I could never do the kind of home schooling where I am the teacher - its too hard on the relationship, when kids already hate school. With on-line schooling, I'm still the parent, and the course has a teacher. Where we are, if we are doing 100% home-based, and the kid is a minor for educational purposes (doesn't stop right at age 18), then the ministry of education pays the on-line school for the classes we take. It's probably the biggest single break we've gotten from the school system - definitely for second kid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 666966, member: 11791"] Any idea WHY he is missing school? My complex conundrum kid ended up quitting school. We warned him it would make life difficult to not finish, but he said that nothing could be worse than what he was going through at school. We knew enough of what was going on (like, maybe 10% of it) that we allowed him to choose. He was 17 at the time. Teenaged kids are cruel beyond belief. What I found harder to deal with was that many of the teachers were that way as well. (Not ALL teachers... we had some stellar ones too.) Once a teacher starts picking on a teenager? The teenager has two choices... quit, or join the low-life drug-using crowd, where at least you have a bit of a safe haven. Some choice! I have a second kid. NOT a complex conundrum kid. Some minor differences, some bad experiences. THAT kid is no longer "in school" either... but IS continuing with home-based on-line instruction. Will finish, but might take a couple extra years. Bottom line... sometimes, no matter how hard you fight, school isn't going to give you what your kid needs. What do you have for options and alternatives? I could never do the kind of home schooling where I am the teacher - its too hard on the relationship, when kids already hate school. With on-line schooling, I'm still the parent, and the course has a teacher. Where we are, if we are doing 100% home-based, and the kid is a minor for educational purposes (doesn't stop right at age 18), then the ministry of education pays the on-line school for the classes we take. It's probably the biggest single break we've gotten from the school system - definitely for second kid. [/QUOTE]
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