<p>hey there, I need help.</p>
<p>I am 14, soon to be 15, and I am going to be a sophomore (high school.) I was homeschooled for my freshman year, and I applied and got into a public school that was better than the one that I would have had to go to if I went back to public school (the reason I am homeschooled now.)</p>
<p>I'm trying to decide whether or not I should go.</p>
<p>The reason why I want to go is for the high school experience, to make more friends (I have friends, but I don't always get to be around a diverse group of people,) and to get more time out of the house.</p>
<p>But, I want to graduate early, that won't happen if I go back. I'm almost mature for my age... not to the point that I find everything that people my age find funny or entertaining immature or something... but in school, you have a lot of immature people that start drama, and I can't stand that. </p>
<p>Also, I'm on different grade levels at everything. I'm a little low in math, really high in English, and at grade level with science and social studies.</p>
<p>The main reason I want to go back to public school is because no one in my family has ever graduated from high school. My mom left school at 17, just a few months before graduation. My dad didn't get out of the 9th grade, my oldest brother didn't finish, my other brother and my oldest sister both dropped out of the 10th grade, and my other sister also dropped out of the 10th grade. Both of my sisters passed the GED with high scores, though. My brothers are 30 and 18 and neither one of them have gotten theirs. My dad has never even seriously considered getting his, and my mom got hers about a week before she would have graduated.</p>
<p>If I could afford a distance learning high school, I would finish that way. I would definitely count it as graduating high school... except a lot of my family members wouldn't. Their idea is that anyone 14+ that is homeschooled is a drop out. Dumb idea, but yeah, they're pretty closed-minded..</p>
<p>But, anyway, if I stay homeschooled, chances are, I'll be doing home study until I turn 16, and then taking the GED test and either taking some time off or going to the local CC. I have no problem with taking the GED... but my whole family is expecting me to be the first to finish high school... so I'm not sure what to do.</p>
<p>I need advice. Help?</p>