Who Am I?

I am not a professional educator. I am a lawyer, of all things. But I am also the father of two beautiful girls, Alissa, age 16, and Ashley, age 12, and during our children’s school career thus far, my wife and I have been through the education maze. When Alissa was 3, she loved to talk. And talk. And talk. And talk. No filter. So one day, my wife got so desperate for just a bit of solitude that she went through the phone book looking for preschools for Alissa for a few hours a week. We chose a Christian preschool affiliated with a church. Unfortunately, we learned 3 weeks after Alissa had started going there that her teacher was pregnant and unmarried. That was the end of Alissa’s school adventure for that year. That was our first introduction to the school process. 

We were hardcore. We camped out all night – twice – to get at the front of the line of a different preschool so we could enroll our daughters. The first time, we missed enrolling our oldest by one person and had to settle for the waiting list.  The second time, we made it in with our second daughter, but she cried the whole time she was there and so we gave up after a couple of months.  We seriously considered homeschooling before we discovered classical Christian education, an option that we believed fit us better. Five years ago, we even started a school, along with a number of other families. We have had some bumps in the road.  I hope to help others avoid some of those bumps.  That is the purpose of this blog.