Endeavoring to Teach, Beginning to Learn

"On my arrival at Ambleside I was interviewed by Miss Mason who asked me for what purpose I had come.
I replied: 'I have come to learn to teach.'  
Then Miss Mason said: 'My dear, you have come here to learn to live.' " 

--Essex Cholmondley in The Story of Charlotte Mason

 My first encounter with a homeschooling family was at the induction ceremony of my soon-to-be husband’s first job after college. The children of this family seemed to be such well-rounded kids: each were able to converse with adults and other kids well, and to sit quietly and respectfully during the ceremony. I could tell they had a great relationship with each other and with their parents, and there was such a striking joy about them. Something about the family was so captivating. Upon learning that they homeschooled, it was sealed into my heart.

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