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I've been out of school for 5 years and I want to go back
When I finished the 5th grade, my Mother pulled me out of school due to personal beliefs. She doesn't home school me and I don't do school online. For a while know, I've been telling her that I want to go back. But recently, I've just turned 16, and I brought the topic back up. She agreed and said that I can go back if I want. I'm very behind on a lot of things and I want to go back when school starts back up. How much will I have to learn? Do I have to go to 6th grade? Can I go to highschool? I'm very confused and my Mother just wants me to get a GED, but I don't want to.
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The third option would have been private school, religious or not. But to have no schooling whatsoever in all this time was wrong. I do not know of any 'personal beliefs' clause that will allow a parent to keep a child at home and not allow them to keep up with studies. There are also truancy laws that differ by state. Your Mom doesn't sound as if she has any good enough reasons to not let you keep up with learning. You will need a basic HS education to get any job or a GED, General Education Degree.
I know that there is such a thing as truancy laws because when we bought a house in a new neighborhood when I was in grade school, my Mom didn't enroll me fast enough in the new school and got a call to sign me up to avoid criminal charges. Yes, it is considered an offense by law to not allow a child to get their basic education. If she had home schooled or allowed you to do so on line, she could have avoided this.
I understand your Mom wants you to get a GED. But a GED is the equivalent of a HS diploma. That means you would be trying to pass and get GED with only 5th grade education. You would probably be a junior in HS at your age so I am guessing you have missed 5 years of education. That is a lot of stuff you do not know that would make passing a GED pretty hard if not impossible. I understand you want to attend school but I have no idea what is best at this point. If the laws in your state are such that MOm will owe fines or have to spend time in jail for keeping you out of school, then everything is messed up for her. If there is no Known dad, you'd be in temporary foster care if Mom goes to jail. This is much bigger mess than you simply going to school. If you were to walk in to your local school and ask to start there as a junior this fall, the staff will want certain paperwork, such as what school you are transferring from, so they can have your school performance charts and will also want immunization records and such. Your last time in school was 5th grade. Mom could lie and say she homeschooled you but they would give you basic tests to pass to determine what grade level you are at and if you can't pass 6th 7th or 8th grade, it likely you won't be able to go straight into the grade your age dictates without some tutoring. Besides, they would either think Mom did a horrible job of homeschooling if you haven't progressed much past 5th grade, and may guess that you haven't been schooled. So going to school will upset Moms world and at the least, the school district would pass this on to whomever, probably Department of Social and Health services. And they in turn would likely advice whomever would take this to court level. To avoid this all, you stay home, never go to school, never have education, never have a job, and are not prepared for adult life when you turn 18. Your Mom is not going to live as long as you do. You can choose to remain dependant on her and uneducated to avoid her getting fined or getting jail time but Mom screwed you over, sorry hon. It doesnt matter if you choose GED instead, eyebrows will rise if you are at 5th or 6th grade level and unable to pass GED which is HS level education. If you do have a dad but Mom had custody, it is possible that you may be better off with Dad. It all depends on what the actual laws for your state are when a child skips school and parents don't know, or a parent knowingly withholds their child from any kind of education. No matter if the kid was at fault, and skipping school, a parent is still liable so your Mom can't sue that excuse either. Basically, she's in deep Sh*%.
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