I think you should listen to her, when my daughter was 5 years only
been in school one term, she was exactly the same, unhappy losing
trust in those around her and the happy fun loving girl was slowly
dissappering and I didn't know what to do. Thank godness someone
told me about home education so I took her out and its the best
thing that I ever did.

She is now 18 years old confident, happy and could achieve anything
she put her mind to. Had she stayed in the school system she would
have been a very different girl.

Take her out now, its not the end of the world if it doesent work,
you can always find another school and put her back, but I don't
reckon you would after you see the change in her.

Dawn

--- In homeeducatorsUK@..., "winterguardmumma"
<winterguardmumma@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> I have posted previously about wanting to remove my 9yr old
daughter
> from school because of her being unhappy. I just wondered if i am
> doing the right thing by giving her so much decision making power.
So
> far we have let her decide as to whether she wanted to stay in
school
> or be home educated. She enjoys the learning, but she has problems
> with the playground politics and she is rapidly loosing trust in
her
> teachers who continuously fail to respond when she has any
problems
> regarding her so called friends being horrible to her. To be
honest
> the school has some really stupid rules that put emphasis on the
> wrong things and the pressure to perform well is unbelievable. At
> least 3 times a week I walk out of there worrying about whether or
> not i am letting her down.
> I see my daughter becoming more and more unhappy and more focused
on
> worrying about what she got in a spelling test etc than what she
is
> actually learning, she now thinks she has been put down a level in
> literacy and feels a failure because she hasn't got
the 'handwriter
> of the week' award or a special mention for something.
> When i speak to her about HE (and thats at least once a week) she
> says she wants to stay with her friends (well one in particular)
and
> no amount of promising that she can see her out of school will
change
> her mind. She is becoming more and more disruptive at home and
admits
> her concerns are over school, yet the school repeatedly say it
isn't
> their problem.
> Part of me wants to pull her out before the damage is irrepairable
> but i know if i take the choice away fom her she will resent me
for
> it. Any suggestions??
>