I recently saw a bumper sticker that said something like “If you are not mad as “heck”…..it’s because you are not paying attention.”
In my past posts, I’ve acknowledged and declared my very average American status. I’m a regular homeschool mom with some college education, but not quite enough to have been indoctrinated. I was still in college when my husband and I married, and I joke now that my dear husband would de-program me after school. Fortunately, one of the perks of homeschooling is that you will most likely get a second chance at an education. When a family adopts a “learning lifestyle” , the whole family continues to grow and learn so much more than the public schools or colleges ever provided.
My dear mom only had a 7th grade education and my Dad was blessed to be able to take chemistry classes at MIT for a while. Of the two, I would say my Mom had the wisdom….my Dad had the smarts, and they both had a good dose of old fashioned common sense ; with a healthy measure of morality and devotion to the “golden rule.” I know I did not inherit my Daddy’s smarts, but I think each passed down good ol’ common sense to all of us children. If they were alive today, I think they would be in agreement with the bumper sticker slogan as well…and they would be mad as “heck.” My mom would be praying and my Dad would be yelling at the television or shaking his head in disgust; both admitting that nothing makes sense these days.
