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Sheryl Bone is a full time, online professor in the Department of Student Success at Kaplan University. An active member of professional organizations, she makes presentations on a variety of topics related to education. Sheryl serves as a regional leader for the College Reading and Learning Association. She is a full time mother to three children, ages 14, 12 and 10 and one little dog, as well as a full time wife to a busy, supportive husband. Always driving someone somewhere, she is sometimes frazzled, usually tired, but generally a very happy woman. Follow Sheryl Bone on twitter at http://twitter.com/MomandProfessor

Seeing The World

Posted on October 01, 2011

As I type this I am sitting in an informational meeting for People To People with my thirteen year old son, Max. This past summer, as you are likely aware if you read this blog, Max traveled to Western Europe and the British Isles for nineteen days with this group. Today he got to go on stage in front of future ambassadors and their skeptical parents and tell them about his experiences. typically my husband would have come to this meeting. Given my lukewarm desire to have my son travel around the world without me,
I let my husband handle the People To People meetings leading up to the Europe trip whenever possible. This time around i have decided to increase my participation (and enthusiasm) for Max's globetrotting. Rather than tucking his Europe trip into his happy memory file, Max used that trip to whet his appetite travel. He is now planning his adventure for next summer. That is why we are here today, not just to for Max to share his experiences from last summer. We are preparing for yet another summer of travel for Max. He is weighing his options....will it be Ancient Europe, Australia or China. God help me ! I may need some help with the increased enthusiasm.