NEMTEC

I am in my second week of NEMTEC. I just love it. I feel like I am on some glorious vacation when I am there in class. I love the people in my class.....well most of them. I love the material we are covering. I especially love that it is the second time around for me. I have a basis of knowledge and now I get to strengthen it. I know people feel bad for me that I have to redo this course. I wish they wouldn't. The way life has unfolded has been a gift not a burden. My children benefited so much from me knowing what and why they were doing the things they were doing. I am so glad that I had that foundation going into motherhood. I don't mind that I never finished. Imagine if I had finished and then taken time off to be home with my babies and now was returning as a lead teacher somewhere? I do remember a lot and the philosophy resonates with my actual soul but I really do need to take the course again. Ten years is a long time. I forget things. Just having to reread all Montessori's texts has been amazing. I am finally a true student too. I don't want to just fulfill a requirement. I actually want to learn this stuff so well that it becomes a part of me. I want to write the lesson plans so well that they become a part of me. I have never been so honestly invested in something before. This is just a wonderful moment in my life.