Life Long Learner

I have always loved the pursuit of knowledge. I only obtain a high diploma and have not been able to attend college. College would be ideal. However, higher classroom education has not been in the cards for me up to this point. I have been surrounded by people that (like myself) are not college educated yet have gone on into the professional world to become an Engineer, Electrical Engineer and Construction Vice President. Just armed with a goal and the pursuit of knowledge and how to obtain this. While in my world, I own no pristine title from a university, I have many skills I have been able to successfully train myself in, through my own burning desire to never quit learning. While 'trapped' in a 2 bedroom apartment during the *glorious* military days with a toddler, no family or friends within 500 miles of me, I managed to teach myself the art of hand quilting. With no money to spend on a hobby, I disassembled old toddler clothing and receiving blankets and went to work to produce a quilt. One that is still intact today I might add <grin>. When we decided to home school our children 8 years ago, I poured myself into all things child psychology and learning disorders. And currently, I make clothing. No professional training but rather the application of knowing where to find the information to educate myself and how to apply it through trial and error. My wish for my children, obviously college is in the forefront, however I am training them to understand how to find information. How vital it is to ask questions and how to locate the answers.  Is this not the most productive way to hit home the goal of placing education at the top of the pile? So, as I jump from one unknown 'project' to the next, thoroughly learning as I go, I am hoping the spin off will prove to serve my children well...no matter which direction they may go.