Thanks Dad!

My dad is a very quiet man. He has a hard shell with a gooey center; a teddy bear in grizzly skin if you will. We (my parents & I) don't talk much about education. They see results, he can read, he can *do* math, their ok. But I'm not stupid, I now my mother is a worrier and that causes her to be judgemental - "if you'd just do this, that wouldn't happen".

She was here for a visit Saturday. We were catching up, she was telling me about a few friends of hers. Then she began, "You know how you say Gregory hates to write, and that worries me, but we got a thank you card the other day and when your dad brought it to me he said, "Read this, and don't worry about Gregory's writing anymore!" ". She told me it was a thank you card for a high school graduation gift for the granddaughter of their friend. She said the handwriting was horrible, the card wasn't signed, and there was no return address. If the gift hadn't been mentioned and had she gotten several cards, she'd have never known who it was from. She was pleased that she'd at least gotten a thank you card. She's the one person we always send thank you cards too, no matter if we've thanked her in person or not. She expects it, and it's an easy enough way to make her happy.

Anyhow, WOOHOO DAD! An under-the-radar unschooling advocate!