I am in my final year at high school and am applying to uni to do primary education. I want to move out for uni so that i won't be left out and with few friends (this happened to someone i know) but my parents won't allow it. I have to get into a uni close enough to be able to commute, and if i don't get in i'm not going to uni. I am more than happy to take out a student loan and go to a uni where everything is cheaper but i'm not allowed to go.
My dad is a muslim and is trying to control me and restrict my life further, like he has done my entire high school life. I'm not allowed to go out with friends. I've never been allowed to get a job since it would mean i had a way to be independent from my parents. They don't pay for anything for me so any money i get for my birthday/christmas has to be saved to go towards education related costs, people's birthdays, bills ect.
I have proved time and time again that i am more than capable of living on my own, but because i'm female in muslim culture this is not allowed.
Concerns about my dad's overcontrolling nature were flagged up by a teacher last year but since it's a cultural issue and it's not threatening my life nothing was done about it since teachers can lose their jobs over this kind of thing.
I'm mixed race - my mum is scottish and my dad is pakistani. I was brought up scottish until i got to high school when he tried to enforce that i am muslim, no objections. I have no religious beliefs whatsoever. Surely since I am part scottish I should get the choice?
He's also trying his best to ruin my opportunity to get into uni in the first place, since he keeps saying i should apply for courses i would be rejected from outright because i haven't taken the right subjects.
I've tried to talk to him about this but he doesn't ever listen. He just wants to be able to control everything about my life. I really need help, even one good piece of advice would be appreciated.