- I’m going to real school
I can’t fucking believe it, I genuinely can’t fucking believe it. I am so unbelievably lucky, even though I got astronomically fucked over, I’m still getting what most of us don’t, and what I...
116 points11 comments6 d ago
- I applied for an SSN!!
I got every document with my name and the date on it that I could scrounge up: my birth certificate, passport, dentist appointments, swimming lessons, literally anything and everything. In four...
74 points6 comments7 d ago
- Light of a Clear Blue Morning
I didn’t vote in this election. I thought my voice would not count, and I bought into the conspiracy that there would be retaliation for my vote. I also worried I would see my family at the polls...
63 points13 comments5 d ago
- Congrats to me
I just graduated 3 grade math. I'm 15
60 points8 comments4 d ago
- Small acts of rebellion
So. I know that a lot of people here have conservative parents, or at least controlling/smothery parents (even if they aren't doing it consciously). I'm in my 20's and I still live with the...
56 points9 comments3 d ago
- How did you get over the sadness of not experiencing highschool
Im 17, and ive been "homeschooled" since i was 8. I havent been taught anything, and I was genuinely locked inside all the time, up until last year when I got a job without my parents permission,...
53 points8 comments2 d ago
- Is it usually mothers that choose to homeschool? My mom was the only one involved with my schooling.
When I look at videos from homeschool parents or read posts here, plus my own experiences, is it usually mothers or mother figures that choose to go this route with their kids? My father was...
39 points23 comments2 d ago
- I MIGHT BE GOING TO SCHOOL
I’ve been homeschooled my whole life except for a bit back in middle school. some stuff happened and my mom had a moment of clarity and asked me if I wanted to go to school as a 9th or 10th grader...
35 points1 comment4 d ago
- Homeschooling ruining my ability to learn.
Literally the title. I had to fight to sit the exams that equal to me getting a diploma once I finish ( I suppose it's like the ged of my country?) but I can't study. I don't know how to study. I...
35 points2 comments6 d ago
- No hope anymore
Im 16 and i really thought i could go to school this year for 11th grade.. i asked for so long but then in the summer my parents told me its “not possible” for me to go back to school (been...
35 points9 comments6 d ago