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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My youngest brother turned 17 in the fall[/b], and is (or I should say, is supposed to be) a junior in high school.  Both of my parents’ highest level of education is an associates degree. They have never cared for formal education or academic achievement. [b]My brother has always hated school and gotten terrible grades. He has a history of refusing to attend school.[/b] In the school district he’s located in, kids who are homeschooled have the right to play on their local high school’s sports teams and participate in its clubs. Well, in January, they decided to pull him out and filled out the forms for him to be homeschooled. They said the reasoning is so that he can practice sports more. Many of their friends have done similar things, and it’s also become common where they live to repeat 8th grade for sports. The problem is that [b]no schooling is going on[/b]. [b]My parents work full-time and my brother just sleeps in, goes to the gym, watches TV and then goes to practice at night.[/b] He is not on the path to becoming a D1 college or professional athlete in either of his sports.

[b]What disappoints me is that he isn’t even receiving the level of education that would be necessary to score well on the ASVAB or a community college math & english placement test.
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Is there anything I can do about this?[/quote]

OP, your brother's issues and educational problems did not begin when you parents decided to homeschool. It sounds like there have been problems for a long time and he was at high risk for dropping or failing out anyway (in fact, I wonder if that is the real reason they decided to homeschool...because he was failing and they wanted him to stay eligible for sports).

In many states compulsory education ends at 16 or 17 anyway, and many states have minimal homeschool requirements so there is nothing to report.

I understand why you are concerned. He is not on a great path, but it sounds like he may have a long issue of undiagnosed LD or something anyway. By homeschooling your parents may be able to award the high school diploma he was never going to achieve in school. In the meantime, they are supporting him while he eats, sleeps, watches TV and plays sports. It is not a life to aspire to, but it could be much worse. Lots of kids with undiagnosed LD and school failure self medicate.

I think this will just need to play itself out. Stay in contact, offer to help him if/when he wants to find a different path.[/quote]

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