My kids have started school. I homeschool them and it keeps me quite busy. Now before you put your "uh oh...she's a weird one" panties on, let me just say...I dare you to try it. Seriously! I do! I dare you to actually take on trying to educate your kid. It. Is. Hard. Okay, the word hard is maybe not quite the right word. It's not exactly extremely difficult to understand. It's not like trying to venture through a read of Atlas Shrugged (seriously, one of the most difficult books to read...). It is hard because of the enormous amounts of organization, creativity (how many different ways can YOU think of to do a craft, memorize, study, practice writing, and being able to grasp the concept and sounds of the letter "A"), patience (lots of this is required), persistence, being able to teach one subject in a multitude of ways (one child learns one way, a different child learns another), flexibility (no...we're not talking splits here folks), and insanity. Yes, I say insanity. It is not a typo. I think you sincerely must be insane to educate. Why would any sane person CHOOSE to sit down with a bunch of young children day after day going over the alphabet. I mean, this isn't exactly adult stimulating.
Okay, yes, I'm complaining, and yes, I know I've chosen to do this. I want to educate my children. The schools here=not so good, and I will NOT do to my children what was done to me when I headed off to college (me in class-I don't understand anything you're saying despite being valedictorian.... them-Where did you go to school? me in class-L.A. them-OOOOHHHH. That explains everything! Your high school education is our junior high...you're going to have to work very hard). I refuse to put my children through this. So until we move to a better school district...this is what they'll get. But my point behind my whining is...teachers are amazing. School teachers, Bible teachers, life teachers, parents, Sunday School teachers....they are all amazing. We honestly have NO idea how much hard work, determination, and self discipline is required from our "leaders" in our community. I know that more people are becoming aware of this notion of gratitude, and wanting to pay them more. I'm not arguing for or against that. I'm just saying, have you thought about saying the word "thank you" recently? Has it even crossed your mind how completely and utterly irritating it can be for leaders? Seriously! People are urgently quick to complain, point out flaws, state all of the problems... But yet they are literally moving at a snail's pace to appreciate, congratulate, or thank. humph. I don't like it.
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