Why I Chose to Be Home Schooled

Why I chose home school over public school, is a good legit question. Let me start from the beginning. I at first wanted to go to public school-but that was before I went. I had my first 3 years of school at home, but we were moving and my mom wanted to get a job. My dad was the one who always said no to public school, and was not happy about my mom's decision at all. Though that following fall, I started public school along with my older sister.

She was happy about it and show was I at first. 4^th grade started out pretty good, I got along with my classmates and my grades were pretty darn good still. But somewhere starting that winter, my class started to pick on my. Perhaps because I was the "new" kid or perhaps because I was an easy target. They tried to frame me to make it look liked I'd tried to "steal" from our teacher. I caught them before they could, and no they didn't get into trouble.

Then we went into Christmas break, I was still pretty content about going to school. Even though my "friend" from where I lived ignored me at school and my classmates got meaner. I never told my parents. I supposed I never thought of it. But quickly after going back from break, things started to change-for the worse. They didn't want me at their tables or be seated next to them. They wanted to make me cry, my grades started to drop. I became more withdrawn from school and home life. I'd cry every morning saying that I didn't want to go to school. My mom and dad tried to make me, and I would suck it up and obey. The teacher never said anything to me about it, I over heard one kid saying that if they could "kill" me they would.

Shortly after that, I would protest more and more about going to school. Then one day my dad thought he'd go late to work and talk to my teacher. He did, I wasn't around and we also talked to the vice principal. Later on that day, I was called in the office along with other students who did pick on me. We talked about what that one kid said, he denied it. We left the office and all day other students from my class went in. Nobody said anything to me, but I was the one called into the counselors' office. I was the one treated like that I did something bad. Even though I didn't. I begged to be home schooled, and my mom agreed to after some time.

At the time I didn't think I was "bullied", I never thought it was. I don't know what I thought it was, but I just ignored it like everybody else. Though I now realize that I and nobody else shouldn't ignored it. I feel that even in the light of school shootings, bullies are pushed under the rug. They treat the students who are bullied as they are lose cannons. Yes, there are some who did but they're a lot in America who didn't and haven't. I believe that not everybody is cut out for home school, but I still do feel that it was the best choice for me.