How to convince the unconvincible parents to take you out of home school?

[Jasmine Marie "Jazzy Marie"]

Okay so here's thing...
I've been home schooled since 2011. I hate absolutely hate it. My mom thinks it's better for me to do home school (K12 Online School). I honestly DO NOT like it. Here's why..
1. To Much Work - They Give you about 10-15 tests in ONE DAY when they barely explain the lesson! In regular school they gave you work but it wasn't that much.
2. The PACE Is to Fast - They teach you something for 1 day, barely explain it and then move on to the next thing. In my regular school the pace was just right.
3. No Social Life - Yes they have events but still home school ruins your social life. The events aren't even that fun. They are lame events.

I really miss my old friends at my old school. We used to have so much fun! But my mom put in home school and now I feel depressed! My friends really want me to go back to my old school and I wanna go back to. I'm not a trouble child either.
So My question is...
How to convince the unconvincible parents to take you out of home school?

[Sarah]

You don't say WHY your parents changed schools.

You are NOT homeschooling. K12 is a public school paid for by the taxpayers. Public schools are one set of laws; homeschooling a completely different set.

Perhaps if your parents recognize you are not happy and you can show them that K12 is failing most of its students they will put you back in public school.

it might also help if you explain that you want to go to school for an education, not a social life. That is why you got to school, isn't it?

These articles should get you started (continue by following links to other articles). Oh, and be sure to mention the 22% graduation rate and the test scores below 10%.

Profits and Questions at Online Charter Schools
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/educat...wanted=all

(AZ) More stories of failing K12 Inc schools
http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2012/...Arizona%29

(CO) Colorado Virtual Academy Answers Tough Questions on Operations, Academic Performance
http://www.kunc.org/post/colorado-virtua...erformance

(GA) Georgia DOE blasts Georgia Cyber Academy, threatens to pull charter in report
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-educa...ens/nTBmZ/

(PA)CYBER-CHARTERS: Cyber-charter pupils not connecting well on Pa. tests
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local...tests.html

(PA) Ex-workers claim operator of cyber-charters played games with enrollment figures
January 21, 2013 http://newsworks.org/index.php/homepage-...p_featured

(TN)Andy Berke criticizes 'dismal' scores of for-profit virtual school
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/.../?politics

[sewgoodmama]

10 - 15 tests per day is CRAZY! Why are there so many tests? I think you should get your mom involved with all these tests. Does she know how often you are being tested?

Another thing you need to talk to your mom about is the pace. If the school is moving too fast for you, that's alarming. Does your mom know about this problem?

Here's my suggestion. Tell your mom all the constant testing is stressing you out and killing your love of learning. Then you should also mention how the school moves to fast for you. Ask her what can be done because you can't keep up the pace or handle the constant testing. I think you should leave out the whole friends argument, it kind of makes your other reasons less effective. However, you could ask your mom for more opportunities to interact with kids your own age.

You really aren't homeschooled, you do public school at home. Since K12 is such a bad match for you, you should ask your mother to homeschool you. This is where your mom picks out what you will learn, she assigns schoolwork, and she corrects everything. Your mom would be your teacher. In this scenario you wouldn't have to worry about the constant testing or the pace moving too fast because you would be done with K12!

If you became a real homeschooler and joined some extracurricular activities, you may have the prefect match. You would be able to hang out more with kids your own age, you would be done with K12 and all the constant testing, and your mom would still have you at home. I know it's not exactly what you are wanting, but I think it could be something your mom is willing to budge on?

Good luck!

[sha_lyn68]

You can't convince your parents to take you out of something that you are on in in the first place. What you are doing is not homeschooling. It is public school at home, and it pretty much sucks. Please don't dis homeschooling and claim it is ruining your life when you are not homeschooled.

[K]

Oh FUN. You're in a public school-at-home situation. In our state, the Department of Education (DoE) got into a political fight with the Legislature. The Legislature said, "We make the laws and we say you MUST provide an online school option."
The DoE said, "No way, we don't want to do that."
"Our constituents demand it. So do it."
DoE: "Fine."

And they set up an online option.

First, they made sure that seats were selected by lottery, so that you never knew if you'd get a place from year to year. Siblings might get a seat and you might not. Always a chance to toss you back into school.

Second, they upped the workload, so that the kids in the online program were required to do about TWICE the amount of work as the kids in the brick and mortar schools. This successfully drove a lot of online students back into the buildings.

Third, they failed to offer certain grade levels, so at particular intervals you were forced to go back into the school system.

Fourth, they marketed the online school to parents as the last-ditch resort to keep their kids from dropping out, or for those kids too physically or mentally fragile to be in a regular classroom.

This is not homeschool. You're being used. >:-(