[nolan22]

...that I want to go to a different school next year?

I'm in a new high school and I haven't been liking it at all. Last year was the best year I've ever had in my lifetime. I miss all my friends terribly. They were the only thing I had besides my family. I feel like I've lost them because I'm too shy to invite them over (most of them are girls).

The problem is that I didn't know what I had until the realization came (last year) that I didn't want to leave my friends. Now it's about 7 months later and registration for the 2008-2009 school year is coming up. My parents have to pay a $300 deductable to save a spot for me next year. (It is due Feb. 11th; knowing my dad, he will pay earlier)

I have told them before that I want to go back to my old high school but they say that going to a private school looks good on College applications. I already get very good grades and I could get a recommendation from any one of my previous teachers. I don't think that going to a public school is going to ruin my chances of getting into a good college, and staying 2 more years being miserable is not worth it. They also say that I'm too young to be making these decisions (I'm 16) but I feel excluded and not welcomed at my school because of me being a non-catholic and my beliefs.

I don't want to make this seem like some long teenage drama story, or portraying me as begging people on the internet for help, but I don't know how to describe it any other way. I would do anything to go back.