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Karen sn
03-24-2008, 08:26 AM
I tried to PM you.
You should let us. I usually don't even know I have any for days because it's a notice so small in the upper right screen under our "welcome" from the WTM - but they are nice to get.

Anyway......Here's what I had written.


I need to tell you something.

Something you said really bothered me.
Quote, "I will always feel incomplete and less than others because of my lack of education. I would never want to put that on my children. It is really too late in my life to do this, I would have to sacrifice mothering time to pursue an education at this point....."

You did/do homeschool your children. Did you not receive an excellent education yourself with them?

College schmollege.
I had a BSW and worked waiting tables. You'd be surprized how many waiters have them!

I am really smart (compared to your twinkie eating public) when it comes to nutrition and the human body. I learned none of it in school. I know everything I know from my Grandmother who read Adelle Davis and Earl Mindell. And now I read everything I can get my hands on.

When I decided to go back for nursing - I picked up my old anatomy and physiology book, the one I used in college. I began reading at my own pace. When allowed to read what and when I wanted - a whole new world opened before me. I went more indepth on what interested me and less in depth on what did not. I couldn't believe how much I missed out on when I took the class in a crammed 32 weeks (2 semesters in school) compared to 2 years of joyful study on my own.

You are your own professor. Read whatever it is you would have "studied" had you gone to school. You will realize what I am saying is true when you decide to homeschool yourself with "college."

Never for a minute let a degree intimidate you! I almost burned the one from FSU because it is so useless in the real world

readwithem
03-24-2008, 09:02 AM
I tried to PM you.
You should let us. I usually don't even know I have any for days because it's a notice so small in the upper right screen under our "welcome" from the WTM - but they are nice to get.



You can go to your "User Control Panel" (about opposite the "PM" box you reference :) and change your settings to receive email notices when somebody PM's you :)

Kelli in TN
03-24-2008, 09:10 AM
Thanks Karen.

Truthfully, I have pondered this for my 20+ years of marriage and while I do not regret marrying young and I do not regret the blurry haze of the baby making years and I do not regret the commitment to put these children in front of every other pursuit I might wish to have, I do regret squandered youth. I deeply regret the lack of a degree and this colors my homeschooling.

And I am not sure I want to change that.