How do I convince my parents not to make me go to school camp

I will advise what you can do to get out of it, but first want to say that I’m leaning towards your uncle’s idea. Not only is it a great opportunity, it looks really good on your resume. You only take 2 classes and think about it- do you really think those study sessions are all strictly studying? I doubt it. And as for free time, I’m pretty sure that you have some after dinner and on the weekends. You’ll make some pretty good connections that might be able to hook you up if you need help in the future.

OK, with that said here’s how you get out of it. You have to make a plan other than sleeping in all summer. Tell him you plan on working so you can help pay for whatever you want to do. Plan to volunteer. Your uncle wants you to do something with your life and not bum around. He might also want a little private time with you out of the house and this way he’s doing two things at once, you get a great opportunity and he doesn’t have to worry about where you are at all hours of the night.

Basically, devise a plan that will satisfy your uncle and prove to him you are capable of making good choices.

He think’s it is a good opportunity, and he likes the idea of me getting a jump start…I’ll admit his pro’s are much better than my cons… but still, I feel the same… I DONT WANT TO GO!

well you just tell him that you are of the age to decide whether or not you want to go and if he has a problem with it then he needs to come up with a reason why he is making you or wanting you to go cause legally he cannot make you do what you are not willing to do if your not wanting to do the program

I think you should go… College is important. He might fear that you’ll lose interest in college if you aren’t living, eating, thinking and being in college. He’s very right in a sense. When we get to college as 17 and 18 year olds, we forget about how important it is, then we start feeling like we don’t really need it and when we start to realize that we do need it, we’re 30 years old trying to finish. I say do it now, make this a challenge for yourself. It’s obvious that your smart, don’t lose out because it’s something that “YOU DON’T WANT TO DO” and it’s only 4 weeks. You have a life time to do a lot of other things.