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Should I switch from private high school to a public one?
I have been in private schools my whole life this year is my first year of high school. I basically have no friends besides a few from my middle school. I have no social life aside from them really. My dad thinks I'm depressed here and asked if I wanted to switch schools for 10th grade. I don't know what to do I don't know if I could fit in a public school or not.I also don't know if it be a good idea switching into a new school after freshmen year?
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Why does your Dad believe you are depressed at the private school? What are you saying or doing? Do you believe you are depressed? Are you simply feeling like you are missing out on something?
I had a daughter in private school for a couple years when the public schools wouldn't hold her back a grade and she wasnt ready to move on yet.
As far as I can remember, there was plenty of opportunity to socialize at a private school. Its not as large as a public school usually and perhaps without as great a diversity of kids from different cultures, backgrounds, beliefs, different economic levels, etc. Ask yourself if there is an issue within yourself where you have difficulty making lots of friends. If its kind of a social anxiety, shyness, then going to public schools won't help. Ask yourself what a public school has to offer that would help you make more friends that the private school didn't have.
Ask yourself if perhaps this is one of those situations where you might be thinking the 'grass in greener on the other side' type of thing. And lastly, you could make a list of pro's and con's to going to public high school. People move at any given time during a child's school life, so there is no reason why a switch is awkward and can't be made for the 2nd year of high school so that concern doesn't really count. the only concern I'd have is if at Freshman level in private school, they have you more like at 10th or 11th grade levels, because I remember that more was expected of the kids in private school and they were encouraged to work harder. So the worst case is your going into 10th grade to discover you've already studied and passed most of everything that they are trying to teach you that year and you may find it boring as far as holding your attention for studies. Good luck.
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