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Boarding School
fourteen / female
Background: For the past two years of my life, i've had really bad social anxiety. Becuase of it, i've had to switch schools to an alternative school. I wasn't going to my regular middle school last year, I was skipping out of class and I did that for about five months until someone intervened.
The next month I was in my new school. It had very different kinds of people, and it was more diverse as far as race went. It made me feel a lot more comfortable. When I was going through this hard time, I lost a lot of friends. I only have three really good friends now, and because I switchced schools and they have other friends besides me, I don't get to see them a lot.
My parents think that i'm becoming a recluse and I won't ever leave the house because of my anxiety. I spend a lot of time on the computer/in front of the TV, and my parents see something wrong with that and seem to think i'm anti social, when i'm really not.
I don't hang out with my friends from my new school because all they really do is hang around and smoke and go party, and i'm not into that.
My problem: My parents want to send me to boarding school. While I do have some issues, I don't think it's anything that can't be solved where I am.
It's not just that they want to send me away, it's that they've already picked a place for me to go, and i've been accepted. But we still need to get money from my public school in order for me to go. But all that aside, if my parents decide I don't have to go, I don't go.
I've talked with them and explained all of this, i've improved my behavior around the house, and tried to put reason behind all of my actions. But neither of them seem convinced.
Going away to boarding school would kill me, and they don't understand.
How can I convince them not to send me away?
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Hey. Well, the way I see it, this issue is more simple to solve then you feel it is. All you have to do is tell your parents that you do in fact have friends at your newer school, they just like to do things in their spare time that you aren't into doing. Tell them that they are in fact good friends, they just are into things that you aren't into. Tell them that you miss your friends from your old school, but you never get to hang out with them becuase you live a ways away from them.
They should understand, after you have explained all of this.
Good luck.
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tell them why you dont hang out with the kids at your school and say 'now would you rather me sit here watching tv and being on the computer all day, or become a usless person who smokes and partys?'
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