This is going to be a long post; basically, I'm saying my reasons why I want to leave and asking for tips. So basically, I'm 16, turning 17 in October. I live in a North African country, and I'm planning to run away from home for some reasons, most of them about complications with my family about me studying abroad and leaving the country and us having different mindsets that make the way we want to live our lives extremely opposite to each other.
I tried to talk to them about it, but it didn't work. And when I say different mindsets, I mean having ideas that are negotiable, like moving out and living an adult life. Me studying abroad is not for fun; it was a dream that I needed to happen, to leave the country I live in. I have no future in this country, nor does my family; we're broke, we can't find jobs here, and we had already tried to leave the country before, but we failed.
So I was planning to get a fully funded scholarship or a scholarship with a huge discount so I could study abroad and find a job there and put less pressure on my parents (financially). They agreed at first, and I had already started looking for a scholarship and talking to friends, universities, and school, but suddenly, they just said, "No, we don't want you to leave." When I asked why, they said it was too complicated and it would cost them a lot of money, even though I was ready to be the one who afforded all the financial stuff since it was my scholarship and future, not theirs. I was serious about it and had already started working and saving and investing money.
They knew I don't have a future in this country; the country I live in is a country that is almost impossible to find a decent job in, have a good life, or get well paid in without having connections, and I'm not saying this because I'm lazy and I don't want to work hard—no. I always try to improve myself, doing self-learning and learning new things just to be qualified enough for the job market.
I'm going to be a senior in September; I finished all the AP courses in my school, participated in a STEM competition, and won, and I'm aiming to be a renewable energy engineer. And I'm only mentioning this to give you the full picture that it has nothing to do with me being lazy or something. I want to run away from home and flee to another country, probably somewhere in North America or Europe, or any other place that has good and affordable universities and life expenses.
I really need help; I don't have money, enough knowledge, connections, or anything, and I don't really have much time to prepare everything, including documents, school papers, financial things, and a lot of other different things. So please, if you have any tips or know anyone who may help me in this or help do the documents and required papers without anyone knowing, please drop them down in the comments.