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I hate going to school, even though I love my friends. I hate even doing my homework, and I would rather be home schooled. So is it normal that I hate school?
You hate doing homework but you want to be homeschooled? Do you not think homeschooling involved at least a LITTLE BIT of homework?
Personally, I love learning and what not, however, I hated the environment at school. I didn't like having to ask for bathroom breaks (I am not untrustworthy, I just want to pee and having to go on someone else's schedule is fucking juvenile), I hated the people (going to college is great because unlike High School, the vast majority of the students there actually WANT to be there), I hated that I only had 5 minutes to get from one building to the other in crowded hallways and was still expected to take bathroom breaks between classes, consume my snacks etc. in those 5 FUCKING MINUTES what am I, in the Army?
I hated that being ill for more than 5 days (because for some people, illness could last 2 days at a time and we don't all have 100% control of our immune system) could cause us to fail a class unless we have a doctor's note, which is stupid as hell because I was ill for 2 MONTHS before I could get my Mom to take me to a doctor, do they think that ever family is hunky dory and can see a doctor whenever the hell they want? Oh, and then they complain when we come to school sick. Sorry, I won't want an upper respiratory infection to buy me another SEMESTER IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Oh, and attendance make-up? WHAT A JOKE. You think if I had the money to make-up the classes and the ability to get to the school and do it, I would have been able to see a doctor and get the damned doctor's note and not even have to play this game? Dumbasses.
Aside from that though, High School really isn't that bad. If you can't handle High School, then the real world may be a little tough.
Like howaminotmyself said. But I'm going to say to you, wait until you get a job. And not a part time job that you get because you want to make some money for yourself and you can quit it anytime. No. I'm talking about a job that determines whether you put food on the table or not.
I know you've probably heard this from every adult you've come across, but school, is a very fast part of you life. Right now, it seems long but, when you get out, you will realize how quickly it went by. And things will only go by faster from there. I'm assuming that since you're in school, you still live at home with you parents who pay for you to eat, bathe, have a car (if you drive) and many other expenses. At this point in your life, your only responsiblity is school. When you get out, you will have to concentrate on what you want to do with the rest of your life, so that you won't have to work in customer service and any other hell job for the rest of your life. Time really does start to fly once you get out and it will not wait for you or hesitate.
I'm not saying school was fun for me. It wasn't, and I don't want to go back but, at this point in your life, be glad that you don't have that much to worry about. School has one purpose, to prepare you for the real world.
I don't want to discredit what you're saying, because school is really the only responsibility that a teenager has. But as a guy that has taken practically all of the AP classes that my High school had to offer I can honestly say that high school has taught me nothing useful for the real world. School never taught me how to do taxes, take out student loans, apply for college, or anything that could actually be used in the real world. But it did teach me the Pythagorean Theorem.
OP school is the only responsibility you have, it's difficult but honestly, it's the only responsibility that you have.
As great as homeschooling might seem, you have to bear in mind that it usually involves learning the same stuff, only in a home environment, with either a parent teaching you (that means you spend all day with your mum or dad) or a private tutor (for the whole day, so they better be someone you get on with). Also, that detaches you from the social environment of school, so you might find it pretty difficult to maintain good friendships with your current friends and especially difficult to make any new ones. It could feel very isolating and encourage you to be introverted rather than sociable, making life all the more difficult upon completing your eduction.
As rubbish as school can be, I would find homeschooling worse.
In retrospect, I can say High School was truly a waste. I learned only two skills, algebra and typing.
I was independent, applied college study skills for important tests and writing important papers. Did my math homework in my own notebook and never turned in "babysitter assignments."
Good riddance to that unpleasant time of my life.