How important are weekend friends to a 10th grade girl? Boarding school accepted her, she balks about going.?

Question

She absolutely loves band but just says "hi" to the other band kids. She has a few friends she talks to at school, but won't call them on the weekends. She just hangs around at home, reading 90% of the entire time or doing whatever needs doing. She is not studying --but her grades are A's and B's. She told me she is too exhausted from all her late-night reading to call people. She says lately she is talking more at school, but she never makes a phone call to anyone. The occasional calls from others stopped a few months ago.
Should I insist on boarding school? It's only for 11th and 12th graders so she would start off friendless like everyone else so no cliques to try to break into. The academics are the same at both her current high school and the boarding school. She says she is happy at the high school she is at, but with only a few acquaintances, I'm concerned about her social development. Shouldn't she go to the boarding school? It's free if that means anything..

I have talked to her about this. That's why I know she is exhausted from all the late-night reading--she told me. She tells me she talks at school.
I just observe she never hangs out with anyone on the weekend.
We talk about it so I know what is going on. Good communication with my daughter is not the problem.

My question is whether or not she should go to boarding school for the social aspect.

Oh, sorry, also she says she is too exhausted from all the late-night fiction reading she does to have any energy to call people. (I think this is a cop-out--if she wanted to, she could find the energy, or stop reading and socialize instead).
She does homework but only after lots of daily fiction reading upon arrival home from school until 10pm. 90% of the weekends are spent reading fiction, and she rarely studies, but does get As and Bs.
Should she go to boarding school for the social experience? It's free and competitive to get in and she was accepted. Should she go?

Answer 1

well, have you talked to her about social issues?? i say you should ask your daughter about the boarding school. Ask her whether she wants to go or not. If not, then you should leave her alone. It seems as if she doesn't have any problems in school, if she's not saying anything about it.
If you find her not calling anyone odd, then talk to her about it.
An open conversation seems like the best way to resolve this problem.
Good Luck!

Answer 2

Don't worry about the social aspect. She's just one of those people who like to read instead of wasting time with other people. She'll get good grades and go to college and she'll find friends there. You have no idea how many people would kill to have a daughter like yours.

Answer 3

Im a junior in intense college and that i dont relatively have any associates the two. I by no ability call anybody, have not spent any outdoors-of-college-time time with anybody and that i'm purely high quality. some human beings, like me, purely functionality extra desirable with out associates. purely like me im particular its no longer that anybody is repulsed via her, each physique is often inviting me to promenade or to everywhere and that i purely dont decide directly to pass. I dont think of there is something incorrect with that. so far as existence is going, I also have a job and can functionality there purely high quality; this would not relatively impair your social understanding for existence because of the fact you would be taught those whether you want to or no longer. i think of its a competent element she reads and learns plenty, people who spend too plenty time socializing miss out on that. i'm able to inform you that for a year or 2 i became into somewhat depressed because of the fact of my loss of associates and that's beneficial to to observe for that. Now that ive had a style of "friendship" i'm able to work out im no longer lacking out on plenty. you additionally should contemplate the actuality that associates make you do stupid issues like drink, intercourse and so forth.