Home schooling pros vs cons?

Question:
My 14 yr old son has been asking for home schooling since the start of 8th grade. He's identified with resource room time and mainstream classes. He just cannot get a handle on his classtime, he says it's "just too noisy" to absorb anything. His grades would have been failing last semester, but they allowed the removal of numerous missed assignements which would have lowered his grade point average. Thus c's and d's. I don't call that a successful education. I fear his couselor and resource teachers are out of options at this point. Has anyone any suggestions concerning home schooling-tutoring-etc? He's on effexor, new to this med so not at full dosage. He had been taking clonodine for 5 yrs. but we saw it become not very effective this past year. His pediatric psych. is not full of ideas at this point, besides dealing with his suicidal talkings 2 months ago. Tics are mild, but recently it's been picking the outer edge of his nose till sores develop, he's already formed scars on both arms and hands by this picking. At wits end, just want him to feel successful once in his life.

Answer:
Homeschooling is hard work. It is wonderful It is insane. It is like, well, parenting! We homeschooled all our kids at various times and it has been a worthwhile, esteem-building, fruitful effort. The hardest obstacle to overcome that I've seen for 'newcomers' is an unwilling student -- and it looks like you do not have that problem. Try it. You will probably wish you had done this sooner!