Everyone is faced with difficult decisions in their lives. The subject of these difficult decisions varies from person to person, but for me the subject was home schooling. After careful thought and much prayer I chose to be withdrawn from public school and come home. I chose to be home schooled again because of all the drama in public schools, there would be less stress on me if I came home,  I would have more free time to do what I want to do, and public school was straining my relationship with my family and with God.

            Drama is all around us, on television, in books, and most prevalently in public schools. The very air is thick with all the drama. Sue is cheating on Bob with Joe, and Joe has a secret crush on Lucy, and Bob never liked any of them to begin with because the whole time he really liked Anne. That is a purely fictional scenario but not at all unlikely in Florence High School. People are constantly talking about their “friends” behind their backs and breaking up with their girlfriends or boyfriends for somebody who looks better. Somebody would rather stab you in the back and look cool while doing it than keep your trust and be a true friend. The halls are full of cussing, drugs, sexual innuendos, cleavage, and short skirts, making it an environment that is not healthy for people of any age, least of all teenagers.

            Secondly, for the year and a half that I attended Florence High School I was stressed. I had six different classes (plus two class periods of band) with teachers that all firmly believed in piling on the homework without regard to my stress level. Plus, I do have a life. I am involved in clogging, I am very active in my church, I love to read, and I like to spend time with my family.  I came to find that there simply were not enough hours in the day to go to school, do my homework, be in the band, plus all the many other things that I was involved in. So let us just suffice it to say that I did not go a day of that year and a half without at least one zit.

            Reading has always been my favorite thing to do. Ever since I was at least four I have been reading as many books as I could get my hands on. But that hobby was quickly strangled almost to death when I went to Florence High School. I didn’t have time to get enough sleep much less read for pleasure. I enjoy playing the flute and want to learn to play the piano, but I just had to forget the possibility of that ever happening! I want to learn Sign Language and Latin but the public schools do not teach ASL (American Sign Language) and I had so many required courses I needed to take that I could not take the classes that I wanted to. I am a person that cherishes her solitude, and I hardly ever had a moment of privacy while I was attending public school.

            Lastly, and in a way this is the most important reason, my relationships suffered because of Florence. I hardly ever saw my family; we could not go on family outings because I always had something going on. I simply did not have the time to just sit and be with them. I missed that terribly. And since, at night, I was doing homework and in the mornings I was getting ready for school, my relationship with God and my quiet time completely flew out the window. For an entire year and a half I was steadily drifting farther and farther away from Jesus Christ which is not something that anybody wants to happen.

            So, I chose to be home schooled again because of all the drama in public schools, there would be less stress on me if I came home,  I would have more free time to do what I want to do, and public school was straining my relationship with my family and with God. It was a very hard decision to make, one that took time, prayer, thought, and discussion with my parents, but I am glad I made it. Hopefully, I will make the right decision with the rest of my tough problems in my life as I did this time.

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