For those that worry that their kids might be behind or missing too many days of instruction….an inspiring story

[umsami]

Read this today and I loved this bit:  "“When I arrived at the orphanage, I did not know how to read or write,†he says. He was tutored privately for a year before beginning his formal education in seventh grade.

 

“I always tell my daughters-in-law not to worry if the children miss a few days of school, because I lost seven years of school and it didn’t stop me from becoming a lawyer,†he says.

 

http://magazine.gwu.edu/lucky-child

[Pam in CT]

Wow.  That is quite a story.

[plumshadow]

Great read. I want to read his book now.

 

[Hikin' Mama]

Thanks for sharing this!

[OneStepAtATime]

Thanks for sharing.  I think I may get that book.  

[LMD]

Great story. Good to hear at the moment (we've had a lot of sick days...)

 

my father had no formal education before age 10. Within a few years, and lots of hard work, he was translating the odyssey from Latin to English.

[J-rap]

Thanks for sharing.  Very inspiring! 

[Night Elf]

Wow. I can't imagine.

[plansrme]

Off to buy it from Amazon. Unfortunately, my last Amazon order just arrived yesterday, so I have probably 700 pages on the Rwandan genocide ahead of it. It may be a few days.

[Kelly1730]

Wow! Just put it on my library list, thanks for sharing!