Have you ever had a situation while educating your child where your weak spots were exposed? If you answered yes, you’re not alone! I want to think of myself as a relatively intelligent teacher. But there are times in my children’s educational day that I admit to second-guessing myself. Maybe I should say, one or more of my children makes it blatantly clear that either my memory isn’t that good or has hit a subject I know little about. Ouch!
English is an example. I use it every day. I’ve been told that I’m a great communicator. So how is it then that a little old grammar worksheet can make me look like English is not my mother tongue? And then I have to confess that while I know how to speak, read, and write it, I don’t remember every term for every tense, every minute part of speech, and which line branches off of where on sentence diagramming. Can anyone relate?
How about History? Oh yeah, where was I during this class? Did I even have history in school? I remember the basics, 13 original colonies, first president of the united states, mummies come from Ancient Egypt…. But boy, am I amazed at everything I didn’t know and am learning alongside my children. Since I began homeschooling my kids, my love for history has grown tremendously. My kids are all amazed at how much I didn’t know and still graduated! Can anyone else relate?
And what about Math? Well, on that front, I only made it to Geometry before waving the white flag and declaring I was toast! Geometry was horribly, utterly, and excruciatingly painful. You might be asking; how did I survive math with my four? Fortunately for me, my oldest was born with a built-in calculator in his brain. My brainiac son loved it, consumed it, and could teach it too. By the time child number two needed help, my oldest was on top of things, dishing out his tutoring skills. The first born even taught himself up to Pre-Calculus! He was a huge help to child number 2 and 3 until he grew into an adult, spread his wings, and decided there was more to life than teaching math. As a joint effort, I hobbled through Geometry with child number three. Fortunately, we all survived. Anyone else out there with unresolved math issues?
Homeschooling is very rewarding! Not only have I enjoyed watching my children’s intellect blossom, but I have also reaped the secondary effect of learning all the things I was never taught or don’t remember. Just wondering if I’m the only one out there who has been exposed in their homeschool?
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