The Quintessential American ‘Job’

The Quintessential American ‘Job’
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Jeff Minick
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Several years ago, when I was teaching seminars to homeschool students in Asheville, North Carolina, most of my students participated in extracurricular activities. They had the opportunity to join a variety of homeschool sports teams: basketball, football, tennis, cross-country, and more. Organized as well were debate teams, chorales, theater groups, book clubs, an annual poetry night, and dances. Many of these young people also participated in Boy Scouts, 4-H, and youth groups at their churches.

Adult volunteers, mostly moms and dads, made these activities possible. They stepped up and gave of their time and energy to allow their children and others to have some fun and develop certain skills.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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