You don't have to go to school

Whether you love school, hate school, or are quite indifferent about school it is good to know that you don't have to go.

Why You Don't have to Go to School
There is no law which says you have to go to school and there are now thousands of children across the world who have opted out of the system. If you have any problem with school, there is no reason why you shouldn't be one of them too.

Your Parent's Cooperation
The only thing you need is the cooperation of your parents. A little persuasion may be all that is needed...

How to obtain it
There are a million reasons for disliking school, but it usually takes one big one to push a child over the edge. To discuss things openly with one's parent (s) can often be difficult and may sometimes feel like the hardest thing in the world, but it is definitely the best thing to do.
If you can tell them directly how you feel, they are sure to understand. There are not many parents who would knowingly send their children into a situation of stress and suffering and if you can explain to them that this is how it is for you, they may well do something about it.
Persistence is probably necessary too or they might think you were just having an off-day!

The Parents' Concerns
Surprisingly enough, your parents send you to school with the best intentions. They think that they are doing their best for you when they put you into a situation where you can be with your 'friends' and which will, in the long run, 'prepare you for the world'. They are also worried that if you don't go to school you will spend your days doing nothing. They forget that children have a natural desire for learning which only school manages to suppress.
It is rather like worrying that a bird won't sing if you set it free from its cage, because it seems to sing less every day. Of course once the bird is free, it may hesitate at first, but it will soon sing sweeter than ever before.
All these concerns spring from love, but the opposite is actually true. A parent can do no better for their child than to take them out of school.

Home Education
Home education is completely legal and completely possible. It is well within the reach of any family and is really the perfect answer to all school problems.

Being home-educated does not mean that your parent has to become your 'teacher' (that would be a frightening prospect indeed!), it simply means you can pursue you own interests every day and your parent can help and support you. The younger you are the more this help is necessary.

The Advantages of Learning at Home
There really are thousands of advantages to learning at home.
They begin in the morning when you wake up with excitement and enthusiasm for the new day, and end at night when you can go to bed with no dread of tomorrow, the day after, or the day after that. Every day is like a holiday!
The one main advantage is that you can do what you want, whenever you want, however you want. It is the difference that makes a slave a slave, a prisoner a prisoner and a free man free.

When you get a Little Older...
Once you get to the age of 14, 15, or 16, the parent's cooperation is not quite so important. They will obviously need to support you, but they don't have to be with you all the time, and it is quite safe for you to be left alone in the house while your parents are at work.
You are no longer a child any more and no one can make you do anything. Unfortunately, exam-stress begins around this time and in the hope and pressure of doing well, people never seem to think of leaving school. Of course, if someone genuinely wants to sit their exams, then they should. But most often people do it simply because they think they have to, they feel they ought to, or they don't know what else they would do. Good advice is very rare, and one finds few people (if any) to give one sensible suggestions at this important juncture of one's life.
It is always advisable to remember that this is your existence, your precious time on this precious earth. It would be such a shame if a single day got wasted.
Not doing your exams really isn't anything to worry about. I am eighteen now and I have never sat a single one - it really doesn't make a difference.

Personal Experience: I have been to school twice and here is my account of how I got out of it. The first time I was only five, so I hadn't begun proper lessons yet. However, I did dread the time when I would, and I told my parents repeatedly that I didn't want to. Fortune was certainly with me and events conspired in such a way as to make home-education a sudden option - my comments may have been a contribution.
The second time, I was aware that school was only temporary and I could always stop going. But actually telling my parents that I wanted to leave was unbelievably difficult. It is something to do with the nature of school that it shuts one off from one's family, and I remember noticing how little I talked to my parents any more. It ended in a flood of tears and begging to leave, and my mother sorted it out so that at the end of the term I did.

Conclusion
All it takes is courage. Courage to either demand something more, or last it through till the end.
The suffering, bullying and humiliation, that are all natural parts of the modern school system should not be endured any longer. Life on this planet can be the sweetest, most wonderful thing, and if you can just make it through the rest of school unharmed then all that enjoyment can be truly yours.

If leaving school is not an option for you, you can click here to read the article "Coping with School".