Thinking About Going to Public School?

[Galla]

Hi.. So this year, I'm a teenage girl and I will be going in to the eigth grade. I have been homeschooled my entire life and I've never new what public school is like. Some people think I'm crazy to give up my advantage of staying at home, which I am going to miss.

But the only problem I have with homeschooling is that I can't make any friends. I'm the only child, so it's just me and mom all day. It gets boring. So I was just wondering, what is public school like? I live in a town where the crime rate is low, and the school I'm going to was just recently built two years ago.

Any advice? I do have some friends that I go to Church with, and all of them are public schoolers. They have told me some bad things that go on at some of the schools. Let me know, thanks!