My son went with me to LA and stayed another couple of weeks after I left. He was working on his Professional TRs Couse which is a requirement for his auditor training. TRs= training routines that increase communication skills. He came back a changed person. Hard to put my finger on it exactly, but definitely a more substantial being. Now, he's considering a change of course in life: he may just get on with his Auditor training rather than finish college. He's finding that being on the Dean's List and graduating summa cum laude doesn't hold his interest like it did before.
Either way is fine with me. When we were homeschooling, his dad and I were of the opinion that following an interest is more valuable to a life than filling the requirements of a prescribed curriculum that everyone else is doing. He had every opportunity to be as creative in his education as he wanted to be, but often chose routes similar to the rest of the American school system. It will be interesting to see what he decides about branching off into new territory.
