Parents making me go to high school in CHINA.

[shushugah]

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limmering - When I was a kid we moved right before my sister’s senior year of high school and she was devastated to be leaving her friends. I’ve known of students who have stayed behind and lived with other families to graduate from the high school they started in. You are not alone in your feelings about this shake up in your life. And add to that - you’re talking about moving to China! Wow. It’s not like your friends can come visit or you can fly home for prom.</p>

<p>All of that being said though, this may be a really neat opportunity and adventure. Not everyone gets to experience another culture like that in their high school years. If anything, it will make you more interesting to colleges. And if you learn Chinese while you’re there - more power to you - that will make you a hot commodity in the coming years. In the meantime, while a move like that will rob you of some things you’ve been anticipating (prom, trip, etc), it will offer you other experiences. It’s not just a sacrifice - it’s a gift too. We had a chance to live in Hong Kong for a couple years and passed it up, and i do regret that.</p>

<p>If you really, really don’t want to go, you may be able to talk your parents into letting you stay behind and finishing where you are. But that may be a mistake and a regret that you have later in life. Why don’t you spend a week trying to find the silver lining and feel excited about it - at the end of the week re-evaluate and see if you still feel so strongly about it being a bad thing.</p>

<p>It really might be cool.

couldn’t have said it any better, best of luck!</p>