Once upon a while ago… about a year I suppose… I began homeschooling. I made a promise – to myself – that homeschooling wasn’t something I was going to blog about.
I may have to eat my words.
During my daily life of homeschooling my 11 year old, I often turn, twist and tune a thought, complaint or idea – and find that I want to share it. So I started a “journal input” category here on my blog. It’s basically for short diary-type posts.
The thought in my head is “I’m NOT a teacher!”
Teaching or being a teacher is and has always been as far from me as my repented sins!
I do not like, nor do I wish to teach in any shape or format. However, the Lord has placed me in a situation where I have no choice. And yet – When I go to Him and complain about me being this homeschooling mom, essentially being someone I do not want to be – He is in full agreement with me.
I know! It sounds strange.
I can’t teach (many homeschooling moms say the exact same thing: I can’t do this), but for me, it’s actually fully true and fully supported by the Lord.
By acknowledging the very fact that I can’t and shouldn’t teach, I am able to take on a role that enables me to homeschool; I can give assignments and I can help my daughter by showing her HOW to find out the things she needs to find out… In this way, I am still mom, not the teacher, and despite having a curriculum to follow, it’s a “working together” thing which in its basic form boils down to relationship.
Did that make sense?
In essence; I can do this.
Not because I want to, because I still cringe at every curve, but because the Lord needs me to, I can relax in my “role” – and (for the most part – ahem!) not turn into some crazy frenzied “nun-mom”.
That is a funny picture!
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I have to wonder how many people you touched with your honesty. A good word indeed.
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That’s courageous. Recently I began to see the necessity of homeschooling, besides the expensive nature of the best education service, there’s also the aspect of the values that are obtainable in these schools. Most of these schools don’t really live out the core Christian values even when they use the Bible words as their motto and payoffs.
The formative years of a child is the best period of growth to influence the child and instill the right(Jesus) value.
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Me and the Lord have faith in you! Your daughter is so bless to have you!
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