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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

As one who had ADHD when it didn't have a name, we
just didn't "apply ourselves", I salute the progess he
has made, and share your pride.
I suppose a military career will not allow him any
chance to homestead.
Van Dell

--- SISU! <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Gene GeRue wrote:
> 
> > Fabulous news. Give that fine young man high fives
> and a salute from 
> > Uncle Gene.
> > 
> 
> If I could only see him, I would.  I counted it up. 
> Since he left in
> late 2004 at the age of 17, he's only been home a
> total of 10 days. It
> doesn't look promising for him to get home for any
> length of time in
> August or September, either, and once in Hawaii, I
> know I'll be lucky to
> see him once a year.  That's the hardest part...I
> missed his 18th
> birthday, last two Christmases, his 19th
> birthday...all holidays this
> year....He did say that he wants to come home for a
> rest and to bowhunt
> this year (the Navy nuclear schools are very
> strenuous(12-20 hour
> days)-they basically pack 2 years of college and a
> year of training into
> 2 years of school.
> However, once he graduates this school 3 weeks from
> now, his Navy
> schools will transfer into certain Nuclear
> Engineering programs and he
> will get 2 years of college credit for them.
> For those who aren't familiar with my family.  My
> son, TJ, of my two
> children, is the youngest at 19 and the one who most
> took to being a
> homesteader.  He loves primitive skills (Christopher
> Nyerges is his
> hero), was homeschooled and unschooled for over 3
> years, became an Eagle
> Scout, and basically could have gotten into any
> college he wanted
> because he scored very high on his SAT and ACTs.  He
> was building a
> really cool ballista out of truck parts when he
> left.  He's an excellent
> marksman, welder, gardener, hunter, all-round good
> kid.  He suffered
> from ADHD and had all the associated impulse control
> issues that go
> along with that when he was little, but we overcame
> that, got him off
> the medications, and he now has a really bright
> future.  He talks about
> staying in the Navy for 20 years, retiring at the
> age of 37, and working
> as a Nuclear Engineer somewhere closeby, maybe in
> Tennesee.  He says his
> life goal is to make nuclear power a safer
> alternative and possibly
> design cleanup and storage systems better than what
> we have today....
> Yeah, we have come a LONG way, and yeah, I am VERY
> proud.  So, for those
> of you with ADHD kids and all that goes along with
> that, for those who
> homeschooled or unschooled but ended up back in
> public school....here's
> your success story.  Most of the list knows the
> "troubles I've seen...."
>   LOL
> 
> Bev
> -- 
> erthnsky AT bellsouth.net        BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm      NW
> Georgia USDA Zone 7
> 34.498N       85.076W
> 
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