tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post114110066378912586..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Why HomeschoolDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1141358300012362252006-03-02T22:58:00.000-05:002006-03-02T22:58:00.000-05:00ATP,My hat is really off to you. Goodness knows, ...ATP,<BR/><BR/>My hat is really off to you. Goodness knows, it takes a special kind of grace to deal with a class full of other people's kids -- especially high school age kids. Of all the people I've known, the one's who really have a vocation to being teachers are some of the few I look at and think, "I could never, never do that job as well."Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1141333375663385552006-03-02T16:02:00.000-05:002006-03-02T16:02:00.000-05:00A couple of years ago I'd almost decided we'd defi...A couple of years ago I'd almost decided we'd definitely homeschool, as the alternative would be for me to go back to work teaching other people's children so that other people could teach *my* children (at our parish school). Seemed a good way to eliminate the middleman.<BR/><BR/>A series of wacky happenings led me to my current position as part-time (and possibly full-time, next year) religion teacher. As taxing as it is, I am finding that I'm much happier doing this than I was as a SAHM. It's not all about me and my happiness, of course, but I take tremendous joy in getting to know other people's children and in helping them along the road to wisdom. There are many, many days when I wonder if I've taught them anything at all - but every time someone tells me, "I could *never* do that," it makes me think, "Perhaps there's a reason I have such a juvenille sense of humor, excessive patience, and a jones for markerboards."Dorian Speedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09437677114445411990noreply@blogger.com