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  • ((**this will be a lonooooooooooooooooooooooooog, boring story**)) About 8 years ago I started getting really sick. I'm only 15 this past August so I was around 7. For some reason my stomach was like flipping out on me. It was manageable. Kids are resilient they say. The next year I moved from Miami to Richmond. The stomach issues were still bad there (in fact I had to go to the hospital during a house hunting trip). 3rd and 4th grade passed without too many absences. When 5th rolled around, I started getting headaches and severe shoulder and back pain. I was diagnosed with pediatric fibromyalgia just in time for 6th grade to start. Everything that year just got 10 times worse. The pain that is. I ended up just not going back to school after sometime in march or april I want to say (school ended in june, like most k-8 private schools). My parents tried talking to the school but they were so unhelpful. They did send a "tutor" to come see me every other day I think. She was a secretary who had never been a teacher and on most days she brought along a friend or two to chit chat with while I worked alone. I did fine working alone, I learned everything needed to know. It was just the fact she didn't even try to help me was annoying. The school asked my parents whether I should be held back. They said I should. I resented it for a good week before reminding myself that they are on my support team and I can't just say screw you and walk off. So my mom's job was relocated to St. Louis so we moved here. I was now going into 6th grade again. It was my first year in public school and my first year in St. Louis.Again, I did not make it to the end of the school year. I missed a good 40 or so days. But I passed. 7th grade was the year I was diagnosed with migraines and finally got medicine for it. All the moving around had messed up doctor referrals and such so I was basically at square one. Anyway, 7th grade was when the school totally attacked us because of my absences. I felt incredibly badgered by them. I made it to the last day of school and with less absences. Even with all this not being at school, I was still scoring well above average. By 8th grade, I was so ready to be out of the school that caused me so much stress and anxiety (which can trigger migraines). Along with migraines, I would get these two week stomach flu-like episode that would leave me dehydrated which triggered migraines. I missed so much school. Even though I had taken Algebra 1 in 8th grade, when I transferred over to the high school, they said I had to take it again. And I did not get into honors english from my poor grades. The first week of high school we had to take tests to make sure we were in the right classes. Those tests put me in honors english and honors geometry. I had switched meds more then a few times by this point and I was sure that I was finally on the right track when I started 9th grade. Then I had a 3 week long migraine where I was in and out of the hospital. Then not a week later I had another stomach flu-like attack. My doctor now thinks I have stomach migraines too. I have been out for two weeks, then all those other weeks before. Quarter ends on friday and my grades are screwed. The school has been most unhelpful in every way. I've been frustrated with the school system for years now. I'm very smart but it isn't reflected because I can't do any of the work to prove it. My doctor also said I should try homeschooling. That's where I am tonight. In a few hours I'll have to go back to that horrible school and face all those people and teachers and look like an idiot because I don't have the work they're going to ask for. My parents are all for homeschooling but they need more information. And for some reason they're relying on me to get it for them instead of joining in on the search. I want to know step by step instructions or helpful stories from homeschoolers. I am very confused by the websites dedicated to homeschooling and just need a straight forward answer. I don't want to hear from people saying how homeschooling is bad because I'll get offended that they didn't read my story. And from my story you can see I'm not trying to skip out on school and find the easy way out. I just can't function like this right now. I'm hoping to only do this for a year, see how I'm doing and return to my high school. But I'll be fine finishing high school this way. So this is what I know. *I need 1000 hours of schooling, 600 are core subjects, 400 have to be at a "home base" So again, this is what I need. *Step by step instructions on how to leave public school and start homeschooling in MO (or somewhere with similar laws) Thank you so much for reading this and hopefully answering.(:

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    Emily, so sorry you've had to experience this. We went through the same thing with my daughter. Because state laws vary, you need to contact a homeschool association in your state. I found a site with some listed for you. http://www.home-school.com/groups/MO.html You will want to find a good accountability group that will help you with any paperwork for leaving the public school system, yearly paperwork, high school transcripts, etc. You can also join some groups that have co-op groups if you feel up to going. There are also science labs for homeschoolers. If you're health allows, you may be able to take some of your classes at a local college. Emily, email some of these associations. You'll find the homeschool community very helpful and someone will be able to guide you through this transition. My daughter started homeschool in the 7th grade, and she's now a freshman in college. You'll probably find your health improving once you're able to pace yourself on a daily basis. Good luck to you dear!

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I didn't read the entire question (most people won't if it is that long) but if all you want are steps, then you already have them. You are interested in #3? 1000 hours is about 5 hours a day. Most schools are 38 weeks. Of that 1000, 600 have to be core, such as math and language arts. Not electives in other words. 400 are to be done at home, so you can't just take classes at a tutoring center or go to community college. These are things you do at home. (Boy, these are strict!) But, you don't think you have to sit and do school for 5 hours a day. Time you spend at the library, taking the dog on a walk (PE!), visiting museums etc. If you do any computer programming (building websites etc). Reading, watching educational dvds, I would say even non-educational, if you write a paper on it afterward! Or read the book, watch the movie and write a compare and contrast essay. So many ways to get those hours without just sitting at a table or on a computer. It says you have to keep a record of evaluation, but it doesn't say how to get that evaluation. Contact some local home school groups in your area, or state (try Yahoo Groups) and see what they do. You can't get laws from "somewhere with similar laws" because each state has its own. #6 says you do not HAVE to notify your school district, so that saves one step many have to make. Also, any time spent in the classroom should be added to your home school time this year. 1. Any parent may educate a child at home. They do not have to have a teaching certificate or meet any education requirements. --------- 2. As of August 28, 1993, a parent or guardian of a child, 7 to 16 years of age, is required to have the child regularly attend some public, private, parochial, parish, home school or a combination of such schools. --------- 3. A home schooling parent must provide 1,000 hours of instruction during the school year (July 1 - the next June 30), with at least 600 hours in the basics, such as reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science. At least 400 of the 600 hours must be taught in the home location. --------- 4. A parent who is home schooling a child must maintain the following records: a. A plan book, diary, daily log, or other written record indicating the subjects taught and the activities engaged in with the student. b. A portfolio containing samples of the student's academic work. c. A record of evaluation of the student's academic progress. --------- 5. Handicapped children attending a home school program may receive special education services provided by the local school district, in accordance with Section 162.996 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri and State Plan for Special Education. --------- 6. The law says the homeschooling parent "may" notify the superintendent of schools or the recorder of county deeds in the county where the parents reside. As the law states "may", it is not mandatory.

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to start with---see if you can get home instruction again...and if the teacher isn't teaching report it. there are online public school.....see if your school is associated with one...if it is it's free and should be easy to get into.....or if they would give you an online program through an IEP look up lyme literate MD...FMS is highly overdiagnosed..most people don't really have it--most people have something else.. also celiac, chiari malformation...and many other possibilities...you are smart enough to confirm or refute the diagnosis on your own---probably even more capable than the docs.. some homeschooling programs are not accredited...check for that....look for your state laws on homeschool and what it needed to get a high school diploma... you could also do your own old fashioned home schooling with your parent as the 'teacher' with technology, homeschooling has become a lot more feasible....10 years ago, many homeschoolers were using religious based materials and were homeschooled for that purpose...now it is mainstream.....and now there are more homeschooling groups where families get together so the kids have social opportunities......and public schools that affiliate with homeschool programs can include the homeschoolers in extra curricular activities

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Well you don't gave to have your mom always teach you, there are DVDs you can buy that will give you the lessons. Or there are workbooks where you teach yourself. Look on amazon or eBay to see if you can get used books. There is also online classes. Check out "keystone" I think that is what it is called. You will most likely have to take a test at the end of the year and send it to the state and they will tell you if you pass or not. But check with your state law to be sure.

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