I had company last evening. An ESL teacher for a post-secondary institution. He was curious about how we homeschooled our girls. My girls are now 26 and 24. I showed him some scrapbooks I'd made of their learning and he was blown away! He wants me to come give a workshop on scrapbooking (mine really aren't very fancy as far as scrapbooks go!) to his adult ESL students. He also suggested I publish the scrapbooks.
He wanted to know if the girls realized what a good education they had and how privileged they were to have it. I have to admit, I think DD#1 does, but not DD#2 yet.
He saw another scrapbook I had on goals that was really a close introspective look at myself and giving me direction for the next while. He was blown away by that too. He told me I could make good money giving workshops on that! So I guess there's money in scrapbooking after all!
He was very encouraging, even wanting to buy my homeschooling book on unit studies...till he realized he didn't have $25 on him. I don't think he needed it anyways. He probably knows all that stuff as an ESL teacher. It was DH who mentioned the book to him. I'm not pushing it anymore.
It was interesting to receive positive feedback from him as a teacher. He apparently knows other homeschoolers, one of whom won a provincial award for excellence. He's determined to get us together now. Too bad we live 3 hours apart.
He wanted to know if the girls realized what a good education they had and how privileged they were to have it. I have to admit, I think DD#1 does, but not DD#2 yet.
He saw another scrapbook I had on goals that was really a close introspective look at myself and giving me direction for the next while. He was blown away by that too. He told me I could make good money giving workshops on that! So I guess there's money in scrapbooking after all!
He was very encouraging, even wanting to buy my homeschooling book on unit studies...till he realized he didn't have $25 on him. I don't think he needed it anyways. He probably knows all that stuff as an ESL teacher. It was DH who mentioned the book to him. I'm not pushing it anymore.
It was interesting to receive positive feedback from him as a teacher. He apparently knows other homeschoolers, one of whom won a provincial award for excellence. He's determined to get us together now. Too bad we live 3 hours apart.