On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 02:00 PM, <mayalass@...> wrote:
We joke "you've been training for this moment your whole life!" but it isn't a joke, it's completely true.
?I wanted to let that come back in again, because those moments are kind of wonderful.? There are probably some of the adult/parent readers here with similar "comings together," though, too.? I've told mine a time or three, but I'll tell it again to get things started (hoping others might share, if applicable).
From first grade I wanted to be a teacher, and spent LOTS of energy and time paying attention to what teachers did and why (if I could tell) and how various other kinds of kids reacted and responded.? ?
When I was twelve or so, I was big into church and thought I should be a missionary.? That lasted me a few years.? There were three of us at our church.? I still have the Bible they gave me with my name on it, on the special day to discuss missions.? I was over that within just a few years, but I figured it would involve teaching and music.
By high school, I wanted to write, for sure, and maybe magazine articles, I thought.
When I was first teaching, I thought it might be a thing for me to help other teachers¡ªnot through colleges of education, but some more direct sort of exchanges like lesson ideas or pamphlets about fun things to do.
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Looking at those things¡ªhelping others help OTHERS to learn, and writing, and missionary work....? After I finished the "be a teacher" phase of my life (when I was 27 :-), younger than my youngest is now), then I helped other moms not to have cesareans, and helped other moms nurse babies, and be brave about choices.
In the rearview mirror, I see all those aspects come together in the things I did, wrote, gathered up and provided, about unschooling.
It's not that I knew where I wanted to go, but I knew what appealed to me, and I managed to work a lot of that energy into my life.
The rearview mirror imagery seems pretty useful to unschooling.? I've collected them, for Just Add Light and Stir. :-)
Sandra
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