I HATE HOMESCHOOLING!!!? HELP!?

[Rebecca B]

Yes, it's hard moving from one country to another. I'm 16 and currently on my fifth country and I hate it. I would be on a plane back home tonight if only my mum would let me! It's hard enough when you want to be where you're living but when you don't want to be there, it is doubly tough. How long since you left Mexico??? It can take a long time, as long as three years, to get over the "culture shock" of moving to a new country.

Is there any way you can go back and spend your holidays in Mexico with your mum or with another family member??? If you always knew you were going home in so many weeks or even months it may help you to struggle on with your life in the US in the meantime.

Other than that you just have to find some positives, even if you have to look really hard to find them. Think of how much more employable you'll be and how much more money you'll make now that you'll likley become bilingual (able to speak Spanish and English)!

The thing that helps me a lot is to base my studying (I'm home educated too) on my "home countries" (there are two that I consider to be my true home) curriculum and education system. Can you not find a way to Mexican-ise your studying?!? What would you be learning in Mexico? Can you not keep up with that even though you're no longer there in person?

You may want to look at some of the "Third Culture Kids" websites too. You'll find more suggestions for coping with life in (yet) another country on them.

Finally, I know next to nothing about God but, if you believe in Him, don't you also believe that He has everything under control and that He has a plan for you. He will put you where He means you to be. If it really is God's will that you go back to Mexico, won't He make that happen somehow...and if He wants you in the US, then He must also have plans for you there.

Hope you can understand this. I have tried to stick to "proper" English and not deteriorate into slang but actually English is not my first language either -- never heard or spoke a word of English until I was 5.