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Jehy
December 2nd, 2013, 03:41 AM
Ok so introduction:

I'm 15, Home Schooled, live a fairly decent life buut I'm way behind in school, I was taken out of school and moved into distant ed 9 years ago and it wasn't really my choice but my mother felt I wasn't learning. Soo for years after that I did work on paper and sent in, then I kinda moved more and more towards using the computer only, in grade 8 or so I was completely on the computer, and I wasn't really watched over, I got my own corner with my laptop where I could work without being closely monitored. After that I would start working ahead then playing a computer game then going back to school. Then I started playing a computer game and then catching up in school, I finished Grade 8 without too much of a struggle getting everything done.

Grade 9:

so in this year I moved to this new system where I could submit my work whenever online and there was not really any showing it to anyone. Being how the previous year I managed to get all my work done in a little amount of time, I took grade 9 linear and got fuck all done in the first half of the year. In the second the teachers started calling home and asking why they saw so little and I ended up finishing the year by getting some 60'/%ish mark due to half of pretty much all the courses being incomplete. Oh and then I didnt get ANY science done. Then during the summer I was supposed to do science during the evenings... which i didn't. (Don't worry though I got screamed at for that one lol)

Grade 10 (where im at now):

So in the beginning of the year I was given the option to continue with distant ed school or go back to public.. Lets face it I've been doing this kind of schooling for 9 years you think I'm just gonna jump into public? Tests being put on the spot, I cant write fast but I can type. In addition I still have that grade 9 science to do so I didn't want to be the person taking courses from the previous year. Oh and in that video game bit, Yeah since grade 8 I've become part of an online community there and made lots of online friends, I'm not about to leave all that. Sooo I stuck with distant ed. Now its Dec, I've got 1/9 math units done and 1/5 English units done.. THAT'S IT. I haven't started in grade 9 science even.

Whenever I think about how far behind I am though I start to just panic and do something that takes my mind off it, like game or chat. When I do accuialy get work done its because im being pressured. Like litrally screamed at by parents. I don't want it to take that much to get me to work.

When I try to work on my own I get like two lines done then say Well look at all I've accomplished compared to most days then go back to wasting my time. This only happens if I randomly feel motivated to do it too which is once every week? If I start to think about it and begin to panic, Sometimes when I do start working or even try to start working I see the scrambled page that is my school work and don't know where to start unless I got my mind at ease or if I'm being pressured. Fortunately this dosn't apply for everything, like I was able to complete some life guard courses doing best in class a few weeks ago.

Oh yeah so my parents mostly think I'm just slow with my work, so I'm confined to my computer to this so-called school work thing. I want to be able to get a job so I can save up for a car or something, I want to keep my friends and remain in the online community I managed to become part of. I wish I could just plain enjoy the work but it hurts my head just to think about.. Anybody got any advice for where I can even start with my mess >.>

Pseudogeek
December 2nd, 2013, 08:20 PM
I'm homeschooled too, and so much is about having to get up and kick your own butt into it. I have co-ops where you have homework due each week and it WORKS.

But I spent a year or two where my math and science were left up to me... It's a good thing I started out ahead, because in 6th and 8th grade I did NEXT TO NO science, and in 6th-8th grade I got SO LITTLE MATH DONE.

You can recover from a slump though. I'm a freshman and I'm taking chemistry, and geometry, and I'm almost done algebra 2. At some point you have to set small, doable goals... Like "get one lesson of math done" or "start my English assignment." Starting is apparently the hardest part (I'm ADHD so starting and finishing are both really hard for me)

lassi
December 14th, 2013, 09:41 PM
I like the idea of homeschooling but at the same time I feel like I would be in your position. I lack self motivation sometimes. I need those deadlines because they help me manage my time better. Maybe you should create deadlines and... tell your parents( I know I know) how you plan to go about it. Explain your problem to them and maybe they can help keep you in check without yelling at you about it.
Good luck!