Everything about being a parent intrigued me and motivated me to do further research. My courses on human development and parenting were fabulous. In fact most of my classmates were educators taking a relatively easy course to complete their credits towards graduation. With a very simple curriculum, the most complicated part was to fulfill the requirement of writing a journal that every week was read by a very nice and articulated Lady Doctor who was our instructor. Her PhD degree did not by any means interfere with her simplicity and great sensitivity as a grandmother.
The journal that we wrote as students was focused on either the function of being a parent or the role as a son/daughter as best suited each of us at the moment. For me, writing that journal was a delight. At the end of the semester I obtained the highest grade with the least effort and I learned one of the most determining things in my life and in my career. I discovered a fact that I used as a frame of reference that influenced me for the mission in life I was embracing, and that was: The methods and techniques used to educate our children had remained the same practically for the last 500 years!
