Very encouraging words, thank you.
We homeschool. Any parent who thinks they can't do it, should look at us. I'm not young and energetic, not well-to-do. Heck, I'm not even healthy and was born lazy. And the husband has been in his grave many years now, so this is single-handed homeschooling. Yet my 11-year-old, no genius by my reckoning, is reading and writing at college level, and in math and science at high school level. The child has excellent manners, creativity, common sense, graciousness---and is a good conservative to boot. :)
My point is that if I can do it, anybody can. There are really just two ingredients: love for the child, and the love of learning. Every thing I know is like a jewel I have treasured all the while, waiting to convey it to my baby, who accepts it in the same spirit.
There is no sacrifice here. What's more important than one's children?
I took my son out of high school to homeschool him. He was failing almost everything, though he loved reading Tolkein and Homer (NOT Simpson). He ended up scoring very decently on his SAT's, joined the military, who sent him to language school to study middle eastern languages at DLI. Today he's serving in the US Army with Special Forces. (Pray for him, as he is heading back to Iraq for his 3rd time in May).
It was not easy, but I'm so glad we did it.
What a great post. Thank you for the encouragement!
Wonderful post!
What's more important than one's children?
If only more parents would ponder that question...