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Master Everything

Yesterday, I kind of screwed up with my work. It wasn’t a major mistake, probably an easy one to make, but I still screwed up. No one was angry with me, no one chewed me out, nothing like that. They just let me know a correction needed to be made, they’d made it, and if there was an issue with how they did it to let them know.

In fact, the only person who was upset was me.

You see, I don’t do well with mistakes. At least, I don’t do well with my mistakes. I tend to try to be understanding of others and their mistakes, but I somehow don’t do well with my own.

Why is that? 

Because I believe in trying to master everything.

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Provider, Protector and Professor. The Role of Man Part 2: The Professor

This is the second of a new series on the role of men in a family unit, regardless of what forms that family takes.  These are based on the historical role of men from early tribal, hunter-gatherer societies and are still pertinent in this advanced day and age.  Read Part 1.

Our current society has pushed many men into doing far more as part of their family than their fathers ever did.  Men have evolved into primary caregivers for their young children as well as cooking and cleaning around the house.

Photo by starmanseries
Photo by starmanseries

However, one of the traditional roles of the father is that of teacher.  This role has seemingly been invalidated by society as a whole, and just looking around, we can see the results.

People tend to think of the education of a child as taking place in school.  That’s where we send them to learn about mathematics, geography, art, music, and literature among other things.  That is where they go to learn, so that’s where they’re educated.

However, most people also realize on a deeper level, one they tend to forget about, that children also learn at home. Continue reading “Provider, Protector and Professor. The Role of Man Part 2: The Professor”