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 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:25 pm
Being homeschooled.
I sit at home all day, with no one for company except my two dogs. I don't have many friends. I barely ever get out. The only good thing about it is that I can turn up Green Day as loud as I want.
It might also be because I live in the country...
I want to know what it's like...
To go to a real school.
Does anyone else feel like this?
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:20 pm
Spindra Being homeschooled. I sit at home all day, with no one for company except my two dogs. I don't have many friends. I barely ever get out. The only good thing about it is that I can turn up Green Day as loud as I want. It might also be because I live in the country... I want to know what it's like... To go to a real school. Does anyone else feel like this? Yeah, its depressing.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:34 pm
I did, when I went back into mainstrem schooling I was ready to, but hated it.
I'm at college now and I've got to say that its a whole lot better then secondary school (I live in England). Its more relaxed and your free to express yourself more whereas in school pressure from others can be quite extreme and depressing in itself.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:51 pm
i went to school i had the exact same problem.
school is a bunch of kids crammed together in a building that somehow passes the building codes. the majority don't know you, popular kids you don't know take special time out of their day to tease and humiliate you.
in reality, school isn't what makes us social, its us. we choose to stay home and watch animaniacs, we choose not to go out and make friends probably because we misinterpreted the tone of peoples' voices/looks to mean they hate you when in reality they probably don't know you enough to form an opinion.
oh and another little thing that i hate about school is the fact that some teachers will use peer pressure to their advantage. like punishing the class for something you did and letting the kids know exactly who was responsible for it.
go for a walk mate, go out to the park, the ymca, volunteer somewhere and follow through. you will make friends in those places, they don't all have to be your exact age. don't be depressed you're bringing me down.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:30 pm
I'm in college and yet, since starting Uni, I've become really closed off. I wasn't so before Uni. All the people in my classes are really nice. But I just wasn't ever talking to them. This semester, I decided to talk to people more. I've decided that talking to people is fun. I thought that in the past.
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:39 am
I did sometimes. I won't bore you with the details too much. Try joining a youth group or something. I was in Boy Scouts, that helped a lot. It's got it's disadvantages. Just like school, there can be some real assholes, but you can make some good friends, too.
If you're old enough, get a part time job, that's also a good way to hang out with people.
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:11 pm
Yeah, it gets kind of lonely after a while. I used to listen to the radio. But that got boring. I didn't have friends during homeschooling either! It sucked.
Now I do public school, and I'm a little less lonely because now I frolic around the campus with dingbats all day. But its a better pace than schooling at home. I don't have to schedule my day! Someone else does it for me, but then again I'm a slave to structure...
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:23 pm
Up untill I was 9, I had some really great friends. Then, one day for no apparent reason, they all started being nasty to me. I'm 15 now and it's taken my until just recently to get over being lonely. I don't like being around lots of people very much anymore...
...except online... 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:53 am
Yeah.......It sounds harder on you.......I have my grandparents.....
+ GREEN DAY ROCKS
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:36 pm
I kinda know how you feel. I don't have very many friends, and the few that I do have I'm not particularly close to. At times I think if I went to a public school, or event a private school, I might have more friends, but I don't talk much unless I feel super comfortable (which isn't often) so it wouldn't really help. Also, I wouldn't want ot have friends for the sake of having friends, you know?
If you want to meet more people, you could try joining different clubs or something. I joined Girl Scouts, and that's been really fun. You could also sign up for a sports team, join a class (such as art or something.) and just get out into the community. Maybe there are some volunteer services you might be interested in joining. Depending on your age, getting a job might be a possibility as well.
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:24 am
I've been in regular school my entire life
except this year, I was supposed to go back
for next year but now I don't want to. I love having
such a flexable schedual. You just need to concentrate
on the good, not the bad. I agree that if you feel lonely
you should join a club, and don't forget there's always gaia.
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:44 am
I'm in a homeschool theater group that I enjoy quite a bit.
I also work at a thrift store, and attend my local youth group. I'm well-adjusted and quite frankly I appear to be slightly refreshing to my friends that are public schooled as I do not have an agenda, I talk to them and they are actually my friends, I'm not posing or anything. Alot of homeschoolers who start out Home schooled don't quite understand how cruel school really is, which is why I'm happy I was public schooled first.
I know it isn't as fun as it sounds.
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:33 am
I've been homeschooled since 7th grade. And I don't regret it a bit. You should motivate yourself to make new friends, even if you don't go to school. Get into as many activities as you can. That's what I did. I have a TON of friends. I'm usually going somewhere every night. I'm even more social than most of my old school friends. Since they don't have time to go out in the week on account of their school work. So, HUZZAH HOMESCHOOLING.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:22 pm
I don't get lonely very often, but then I have six siblings. XD It's kinda hard to feel alone with them all running around. Plus I'm in a class online, so I get to interact with other students, which is nice.
Have you tried enrolling in an internet class? Or, if you go to church, is there a youth group there? In some churches youth groups are made of cliques, but in others the people are really nice, so if you go to church and haven't tried participating in Sunday School/youth group I'd recommend that as a good way to make friends. 3nodding Lots of towns have homeschooling groups, too - you could probably look it up online by googling your state and town and "homeschooling group" or something like that.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:55 pm
My kids had a few close friends and they seem to like it better as opposed to having alot of friends. They never were much into socializing while I was teaching them and they're still that way.
They're not antisocial because when they're around people they interact well.
Being out in the country is alot more isolated. I use to live way out in the country on ten acres of farm land. You have to find your own fun when you can't be with others. It can be challenging but theres always something to get involved in to keep your mind busy.
I'm sure you'll find someone to talk with soon. In the meantime think of those who would love to be like you...having no one to bother them and being able to relax.
We're here too. biggrin
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