I am in grade 11 and I have decided what I want to do with my life. I want to be an actress and singer. The best place for me to study would be in Europe, because I have dual citizenship and can go to school there for practically nothing.
LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts) seems like the best place for me to go as it is the best performing arts university in the UK. All of my grades are 80's and 90's except for math, and I am talented, too. So getting in wouldn't be too much of a struggle.
However, my mom wants me to go to a local university or a community college. I've lived in this TINY little village for 16 years and I am sick of it! I hate it here and I can't wait to get away. It's true that living expenses are higher in England, but where i live is the most expensive tuition in Canada.
My dad is cool with it, but my mom just won't listen to me! Does anyone have some advice for me??

Parents always want to hold on to their children. It's a timebomb. There comes a time when kids are going to live their own life, sooner or later. If I was your mother I'd say that if this is really what you want to do, go for it. And that if you should feel you had made a wrong decision, you'd be welcome to come back. If your mother wants to hold you and you should do it her way, well, then it's her way. But she can't be happy if she sees that you're not happy. Talk to her, convince her that you're convinced, mature and independent enough and are willing to take a chance. Ask her to be supportive instead of wanting what she feels is right. Good luck and see you in London someday.

Great advice Cor

Of course there's always Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA)!!

do it and mend the bridges later....

I agree with pc31.

I moved away to the UK last year, and although I always thought my parents would freak out, once I actually deicded to go my family thought it was the coolest thing ever, and my parents even came and visited me which was amazing for them. Now that I'm back, I've decided to move away to France next year... AGAIN. I feel really guilty about it but I know it's what I want to do, so you've just gotta deal with whatever happens because of it! Can't please everyone!

missy

Also I know what's it like to live in a place that you can't stand and know that there are bigger things out there for you. And trust me, if I had stayed, I would have missed out BIG TIME. Your parents will understand.

Thanks everyone. I will try to explain this to my mom. Hopefully she will be supportive.

Good luck with your dream Mairi

Go for it Mairi! Parents understand their children will not always follow their wishes. A dream is having the opportunity do fullfill all you you have wished for, a nightmare is looking back 25 years from now and saying "I should have"! Good luck