I am going to be homebound for the rest of the school year and I am worried that my friends from school won't want to have anything to do with me anymore. What do you think?
2007-03-14 03:41:43 · 11 answers · asked by Vincent C 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Friends, right? Nah, your friends are your friends, and they will continue to be your friends. Those that drop you are not your friends and you will be better off knowing you can't count on them.
Stay in communication. Call, them, invite them over.
Do you IM? Myspace? With your parent's permission, you can stay in touch that way. There's also text messages if you have a cell phone.
My daughter has a myspace and she IM's her friends all the time (much to my dismay at times, lol) I have a myspace too, so I can stalk her and keep an eye on her and all her friends. She "loves" that, lol!
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Seriously, though, she found all her friends from when she was in public school in fourth grade and they talk all the time. She has tons of friends from our local highschool that she chats with too.
Today, teens have tons of oppportunities to stay in touch. I know these things get a lot of bad press, but when used wisely, and when your parents know what you're doing, it's a great way to stay in touch.
But my bit of motherly advice is don't wait for people to contact you (by what ever means you choose) You be the one to get the ball rolling, becasue they are probably thinking the same thing, worried that YOU might not want to have anything to do with them.
2007-03-14 03:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by Terri 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
A bigger concern would be the quality of education you will get while being homebound. This is not homeschooling, but where you have public school at home and a teacher comes to "help" you. Often the teacher is one who literally could not cut it in the classroom and services children of all grade levels. They often have no experience in the higher grades. I was ill and needed to do this in the 10th grade and lost 2 credits because I was only able to take 5 classes in home bound, and I knew more than the teacher did. She did no preparation and was unable to answer questions or help me to understand any of it. I had to ask my mom or my uncle who was strong in higher level math. So have your parents really look into this before it is an option you choose.
As for your friends, if you are close and ususally do a lot outside of school it should not be a problem. You can still do all those things. If they are the kind of friends that you only see or talk to in school then you will probably not have much contact with them now. And a lot of it will be how you handle it. Make an effort. Call them. Stay in touch. It will be ok.
2007-03-14 11:24:13 · answer #2 · answered by micheletmoore 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Guess what I am homeschooled and I get to talk with my friends all the time. Make sure though that you have other actives such as 4-H, Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts, and just hang out with your buddies a lot. It will be cool and you will like it.
So it not homebound it is fun Hope you are having a great day???
2007-03-15 03:42:59 · answer #3 · answered by Cinderralla 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If they are your real friend's, they will still like you. Why don't you give them a call every once in a while. Make sure it's a time when they would be home, and let them know that you miss them.
I didn't lose any of my friend's when I was homeschooled. They understood that even though I wasn't going to school with them, I was still the same person.
I'm sure your friends will realize the same thing.
2007-03-14 03:57:31 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Catherine♥ 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Truthfully, when I started homeschooling, I thought everything was going to be awesome. Every weekend I got to see my friends. Then one friend moved, another backstabbed me, and i just never talked to the rest. But on the good side, I started playing homeschool sports, I joined a choir and met a LOT of new friends. And another benefit, with homeschooling, there is MUCH less drama. Hope this helps!
2007-03-14 10:34:57 · answer #5 · answered by jennigraceclark 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
When I started my homeschooling my friends and I still hung out, but not as much, your probably going to see a big change because there going to have all their school gossip going on and you won't really know whats going on....but maybe they'll keep you posted.
2007-03-15 16:03:36 · answer #6 · answered by tinacatz2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most kids retain their friends and make new ones when they go from public school to home school.
2007-03-14 07:13:09 · answer #7 · answered by Cris O 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think your going to see who's really your friend and who's not.
2007-03-15 11:36:58 · answer #8 · answered by Blank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nonsense....my daughter started homeschooling in her Jr. year of HS...she stills sees all her friends...you may have to be the one to initiate the calls and the invites to your home...so keep in touch with them...good luck
2007-03-14 03:46:28 · answer #9 · answered by Suzy 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
If they are your friends it should be no problem for them to stay in touch. If they don't, you should evaluate if they are really your friends.
2007-03-14 06:17:27 · answer #10 · answered by Melissa C 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋