given up on hope

(Your mom homeschools you do you keep up?) i try to but i have a learning disabilty and its hard for me to do some of the work (She gives you a regular set of chores to do do you do them?) no i dont (Do you babysit too?) she wants me to but i cant do both my school and baby sit (She tells you that your life is sad? What does she mean by that?) becouse i want to sit inside all day and watch tv (You want to move things around all day? What's that about?) becouse she wants to put diffrent things there and i get neves and stress whe things are changed

Why are you being home-schooled, and how long has this been the case?
Have you gotten therapy or skills-training for your learning disability?

becouse of my learning disabliy is why i am homeschooled aand some but not a lot

my mom just told me i am becouming a hermet and i am upset and sad and idk what to do :'(

tomboy, how do you feel about hearing your mom and some of us saying that you need to do more for yourself? Things like:

~find a ccounselor
~investigate therapy for your learning disability
~find at least one social activity outside the house for you to go to

Could you do any of this on your own? With us to ask advice & bounce ideas off of, whatever?

(how do you feel about hearing your mom and some of us saying that you need to do more for yourself?) like i am a failer and worthless (~find a ccounselor ~investigate therapy for your learning disability ~find at least one social activity outside the house for you to go to Could you do any of this on your own? With us to ask advice & bounce ideas off of, whatever?) no i am not even alowed to cross the road to get the mail mabey when i get 16 i could but now no :\

Is there any adult you talk with besides your mom?

no shes the only adult i see anymore :'(

What about returning to school? Could that be considered? What would be the pluses and minuses of that idea?

i went back in 6th grade and they didnt help me with my learning disabily and cramed my with all kinda stuff and i almost got in 4 fights 2 of them was with a teacher and a sub

Do you have a medical doctor you see? And sixth grade was awhile ago. Might school be reconsidered? They've come a long way in treating learning disabilities in that time.

tomboy, try hard not to say no without really thinking things over. Just because something hasn't worked before doesn't mean it's not wroth trying again. You're in a bad situation so we need to rethink all possible answers, okay?

I agree that sixth grade was a long time ago. Sixth grade does not prove anything about right now. I wish that you could have more contact with people outside of your home, particularly with adults who can help you and will want to help you.

yes i see a medicl doc for regler stuff and i dontwant to go back to school it was stressing and i cant handle that when i get 16 and can drive i am planing to go to the labray and stuff to meet kids my age

It is good that you want to meet kids and are working on a plan to do that.

Please consider, though, that school might not have to be as stressing as it was in the past. It might be possible to be in a less stressful environment.

My suggestion is to inquire what it could be like in a school in your area, and how school can help with your learning disability. Have you been tested to assess how you best learn? Such tests would help the school decide how best to help you.

Do you ever have contact with anyone at a school? If not, how does the school know that a homeschooled student is making good progress?

Thanks!

(Have you been tested to assess how you best learn?) no just tested if i had it (Do you ever have contact with anyone at a school? If not, how does the school know that a homeschooled student is making good progress?) no and i get a end of a year test

tomboy, even if your mom doesn't have time, I think it's really important for you to follow up on some of these things that Bill has brought up. A very important issue is how you best learn.

It may be that these aren't required tests, but they are available now. Wuold you be able to call the school sys and find out about when and how you might be able to take these tests?

I agree with Roadie here. You can't depend on your mum to just do all of this for you. From what you describe she seems quite unwilling and a bit controlling. Take some of the control away from her and give it back to yourself. It's your life and ultimately it is up to you to be in control of.

i have to be tested if i want more time on tests

(((sister))).

'I' will never lose hope in you. So please don't in 'your self'.

Things never stay the same forever.

p.s. Ask anything when you see me in chat, and I'll try..

The sort of things I'm thinking of are more evaluations than "tests," really. These aren't the sorts of things you pass or fail or get graded on at all. They are used to figure out the best ways for you to study and learn.

I don't think there'd be any trouble with having enough time.

it easyer and stresses me less if i can get my tests read to me and have more time

Tomboy, if I understand you correctly you are saying that a person can be allowed to have extra time on all of her tests in school if an evaluation done by a professional indicates that the extra time is warranted.

Children live up to or down to expectations. Your mom won't let you do anything and then she wonders why you aren't doing anything.