2 Days
It's pouring down rain outside, and today I'm sitting inside, nursing a mug of rooibos tea, supplemented by honey and lime. I had a cold this last week and lost my voice. Last night I had a meeting with friends in the Portland area, and by the end of it my voice was gone again. Tonight I've got another meeting, then another couple tomorrow. Please, please pr-y that my voice holds out a couple more days.
I've got 90% of my monthly support now. With two days to go until the deadline, it's tight. But we serve the G-d of the impossible, don't we?
I put a "shoutout" on Facebook this afternoon, asking if anyone had a question I should answer on my blog. This is the one that came in:
How has my homeschool experience played a part in where I'm at today?
Man, that's a big question! I was homeschooled all the way from birth to highschool graduation, then after that I went to college. [And yes, the transition went well, I got good grades, and graduated.]
For me at least, homeschooling was an all-encompassing thing. My family studied together, worked together and played together. So I came out of highschool with a really strong support network. That may seem like a small thing, but according to experiential education theory (which was something I dealt with a lot in college), a person is able to go further out of their comfort zone in one area if they're secure in another area. So I suppose it's given me more freedom to stretch my limits (like going overseas, learning a new language, etc.), without reaching the panic point.
Another thing that I think can be traced back to homeschooling would be good research skills. In my family, if we had a question for which the parents didn't know the answer, they'd say "look it up!" So we did. And we'd search until we figured it out. That's helped me with a lot of things in this process of preparing for life overseas.
So that's a partial answer. Like many other tools, homeschooling can be used in a variety of ways. My parents were successful with it, and I'm thankful for the experiences I had. I know, however, that it's not possible for everyone, and that each person needs to do as the L*rd leads. Ultimately, it is our willingness to follow Him no matter what that determines where we go in life.
I've got 90% of my monthly support now. With two days to go until the deadline, it's tight. But we serve the G-d of the impossible, don't we?
I put a "shoutout" on Facebook this afternoon, asking if anyone had a question I should answer on my blog. This is the one that came in:
How has my homeschool experience played a part in where I'm at today?
Man, that's a big question! I was homeschooled all the way from birth to highschool graduation, then after that I went to college. [And yes, the transition went well, I got good grades, and graduated.]
For me at least, homeschooling was an all-encompassing thing. My family studied together, worked together and played together. So I came out of highschool with a really strong support network. That may seem like a small thing, but according to experiential education theory (which was something I dealt with a lot in college), a person is able to go further out of their comfort zone in one area if they're secure in another area. So I suppose it's given me more freedom to stretch my limits (like going overseas, learning a new language, etc.), without reaching the panic point.
Another thing that I think can be traced back to homeschooling would be good research skills. In my family, if we had a question for which the parents didn't know the answer, they'd say "look it up!" So we did. And we'd search until we figured it out. That's helped me with a lot of things in this process of preparing for life overseas.
So that's a partial answer. Like many other tools, homeschooling can be used in a variety of ways. My parents were successful with it, and I'm thankful for the experiences I had. I know, however, that it's not possible for everyone, and that each person needs to do as the L*rd leads. Ultimately, it is our willingness to follow Him no matter what that determines where we go in life.
Thanks Abby!
ReplyDelete