Hi YourFriendsQuirks08,
Mailice here with a short review! 
First of all, I prefer the British English “mum” over the “mom” because it sounds a bit weird when speaking it aloud. But now to your story.
This was an extraordinarily interesting and open letter. It took me a bit emotionally, because it made me feel as if parenting had never taken place here. I mean, when a child of thirteen writes a letter to its mother, talking about how its teacher would be a better mother, I find it very extreme. Nevertheless, it was a very convincing text. I like how you address a theme here, about the role of parents, and the relationship between mother and child. It makes me feel like the letter here is not only trying to express what's going on, especially in the case of Ruben, but is addressing children worldwide who were just raised the "wrong way by their parents." You definitely set the scene well.
Some points that struck me while reading:
Promise you won’t get mad, won’t shout, won’t yell out in anger?
This statement sounds like an interesting and very desolated relationship between child and mother. As she would always get angry or even try to hurt the writer.
I think you have been misunderstanding for a while now, you see in this mind I think my own things.
I find your description of “in this mind I think my own things” fascinating and well written. In the context of the text in seems like another try to say “My body is my problem / matter”.
Maybe it isn’t laziness, maybe I really just don’t want to carry on anymore.
At first, I thought, it sounded like a suicide note, than I realized, that the sentence try to explain the laziness and the behavior of the child.
Maybe it isn’t stupidity either, maybe I am actually very emotionally intelligent and is beginning to realise my own mental state.
A problem that is around the whole world; parents and teachers don´t see, when a child as problems. They say, one is stupid or lazy, but don´t think about the possibility to have mental issues. A sad problem in this world, and the consequence are coming really late, when the children are adult.
“Maybe if you stopped crying to your teachers and got off that phone you wouldn’t be having this ‘anxiety’.”
I´m now realizing, that the mother isn´t bad or anything like this, but don´t know much about her child or children in general. That isn´t a thing a parent should say to a child.
I don’t think you properly understand what’s going on in this small but short living head of mine, you wouldn’t survive a day in my shoes I can assure you of that.
Until now I was on the side of the child, because of his general writing style (I think it should be a letter?). This sentence is a bit strange in comparison (or in a good way), because one can clearly read a sort of annoying restlessness in it. I would even go so far and say, that the last part of the sentence could be shouted. (or be written in a bad writing). Still I Iike it.
I like the way you set up and present the whole letter. It has a good style and I like how sometimes there are these parts where Ruben almost gets upset. I like that he always tries to stay neutral, but I can also read a certain sadness when you read some passages a few times.
I especially like the self-reflection in Ruben. For me, it seems as if he still believes that Ruben could be the problem himself, and yet he provides the solution that it is actually his mum. The question that remains here is to what extent she is responsible for the way he has become and how much of this is due to Ruben himself.
The ending in particular works very well, leaving the reader hanging there with a clear open ending. The PS in particular gave me the feeling that the child actually wants to love her mother and is looking to see something good in the lines she has written. I liked that very much.
Have fun writing!
Mailice.
(( it's supposed to be Rubes (my actual name) anyways have a good day and thank you for your review
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