convincing mom to let me change schools?

Question

Hey guys. Okay so I really dislike my school. Let's see I only have about three friends. For an Example name we will call my school "madison high". Okay Madison high is composed of preps preps and even more preps. Literally that's all there is here. My style is different colored tank tops from wal mart short shorts from wal mart and Jeans from wal mart. Messy bun for hair and big hoop earings. So I guess you could say my style is somewhat rough I guess. Well for example we will call the school I want to go to "Adams high". Well I have about 13 to 20 friends from adams high. Adams high has barely any preps at all and all most everyone is kind of rough like me. They don't look down onme because I wear clothes from wal mart. It's just a very down to earth school. One problem: it is pretty violent. the school I am going to has like 2 fights a year. Well I KNOW I could take care of myself there but my mom is not convinced. She thinks I will get in fights and all that stupid

crap. How do I convince her to let me change schools

Answer 1

same in my school in stinson, i have lots of wanna be and i hate that. i always told my dad i want to switch schools because of course public poor service. i learned that running away things is will not help an you must trust me on this. prep its a big thing specially its summer and wear colorful things. stores aare getting big and fashionable. all you need is a good grades, good friends, most of all . my friends were clothes in wal mart so i don't care you are you. thats all you are i see lots of cute clothes in walmart . and they look like exact stuff i see in hollister or whatever the big thing is there.

less price but cute. you don't need no louis vitton, coach razr ipod junk. you are you and everyone is pretty. people go to exspensive things because they can't think right. like a $40 tshirt in bebe. people don't think that there giving there money away . think of this people buying= less money to spend , people who work and own the store = lots of money there getting. so please girl think straight ok, all you need to focus is just school and grades then when you get out. you can get a job and buy the hell whatever you want.

Answer 2

That's terrible! First off you should educate yourself more about homeschooling. A great thing in this day and age is that we can use the internet for just about anything including education. I don't know if paying for an online school would be an issue or not but if it is there is this great service called, connections academy. It's free and it's an online public school so you would get to learn everything that highschools who commute to school learn. Better yet if you don't have a computer connections academy will let you borrow one for free! Connections academy is great and I highly reccomend it to anyone oh and p.s. they're starting to enroll for 2nd semester! Show your mom the site and everything that they have to offer. Also tell a counsler about the problems that you've been having and why you think it would help if you were homeschooled, they can contact your mom and try to persuade her more (sometimes it helps to have a school official talk to parents). please check out the website and talk to your school counsler and mom :)

Answer 3

Im sorry but as a Mom thats not a legit reason to take you out of a good school and put you in one where you could potentially get your as* kicked. School is good when you have friends, no doubt, but that isnt why you are there, you are there to get an education and so what if you wear clothes from walmart? atleast they are clean ?and the person i want you to grow up to be wouldnt care what other people think of what shes wearing, as a mom sorry thats what i would say and do and feel and then let you know that i dont have to explain myself but thought id let you know. As a kid once, id be begging but id find something that the other school offers that my present school doesnt offer, like I didnt want to go to Southeastern , I wanted to go to Brockton High, Brockton high is a big school and was a lil dangerous, southeastern was all white kids half prep and half white trash or half wannabes, i had always told my parents i wanted to be in the military since i was like 10, BHS had JROTC, where i could also get a scholarship through, they let me go to Brockton High, but with the deal was if my grades dropped or i got into to trouble i had to go to the prep schol

Answer 4

I'm sorry sweetie. As a mom, I can tell you that a mom is going to keep you in the less violent (aka safer) school over the school that you feel cooler in.

Can you check out some other schools just in case something exists that is both cool and safe? My son is in a free charter that is not preppie but is not violent either.

If not, just get through it, get your self esteem from activities outside of school, and start planning an awesome college experience where that lame preppie stuff will pale in importance to exciting diversity and independence.

Answer 5

Well, first of all, just because a school has a lot of fights, doesn't mean that the school encourages people to fight. People do. So, assuming you aren't a violent person and have never gotten in a real fight, there is a very very small chance you will get into one unless you are a dumbass and walk into that school like you're the ****. Tell your mom you don't fit in at your current school and it makes you unhappy. You think you'd be a lot happier at the other school because you have many friends there and fit in already. I hope you get to go to the school you want.

Answer 6

Try getting your *** kicked at your current school.
it's very painful, but it may just convince your mom that the new school you want to go to is better. Try going for about 3-4 fights. Of course, that is not the best decision, but it may work. I don't recommend it unless you're desperate and are willing to take some wounds and lower your rep some.

Other than that, you can maybe try telling your mom that it's not violent at that school that you want to go to, because only 2 fights a year? You're not going to be one of those people. And 2 fights is nothing compared to my school. More than 4 fights per SEMESTER. We have a lot of crazy people here, but since I'm big, they don't even want to bother with me. Tell your mom it could be worse.

Also, if you really want to transfer, try to negotiate with her. Promise her you'll get good grades when you transfer, and if you don't or if you let up, you are getting transferred back to your old school. Of course, that will put you on the line and you won't be able to let up, not once. But try thinking on that, try sacrificing something to transfer. I don't know. Wish I did.

Answer 7

this is a very good question. Do you go to the school that is academically better? or to the school that you will excel in on an individual level? The school with the better academic program ( which seems to be the school ur in now) may not be helping you individually ( ie, low grades, etc) because ur unhappy and uncomfortable in that school. Whereas, the other school of ur desire, you'll get better grades because ur happy and content. I think ur mother's resistance is based more so on a safety issue which i can understand.

Answer 8

Your clothing style may say "Adam's High" but your writing says "Madison High" and "college scholarship". I can see why your mom wants you where you are. She knows you are smart and wants you to have a good future.

Good luck!

Answer 9

hmmm come home a few days a week in absoloute tears say that theres picking on and that you have no friends and everyone is being mean to you over a stupid rumor someone started about you

Answer 10

Tell her all the good things about the other school and say all the bad things abut your school.Good Luck!