As teachers, it is time that we get out of the mining business and get into the farming business.
He went on to explain: In the mining business, we plant explosives, we destroy the surroundings, and then we go through the rubble to see if anything valuable can be recovered.
In the farming business, we cultivate, we prepare, we plant, we nurture, we wait, and then we harvest.
The mining business is fast and exciting, but unpredictable. The farming business is slow and deliberate, and very predictable.
The mining business destroys. The farming business builds.
As homeschooling parents, we must exercise deliberate patience. We must be farmers, not miners.