Photoshop tutorials, self teaching, home schooling....

I've been thinking lately about teaching, learning, and home schooling. If I had to decide from my own experience with school, I would definitely go with home schooling for my kids. Here's why.
Everyone learns in different ways, and expecting kids to fit in a cookie cutter curriculum seems wrong.
When I was in school, I was very quiet. If I was in a classroom and didn't understand something, I was not the type to raise my hand and interrupt the class. So, I often fell behind in the class, and didn't learn as much as I could have, sometimes nearly failing. I did really well in art, music, and English, but math, history, and science didn't agree with me.
In high school I had a tutor for biology for a short time. The one-on-one attention helped, but after he was gone I struggled again.

My two year old is learning every day. We don't have a TV on. I spend time with him enjoying piles of books and toys. We go places, and I teach him in every situation we are in. Whether it's the types and colors of fruits in the grocery store, or picking letters out on signs and packages, I talk to him, and he absorbs it.
Sometimes I'm talking to him in the grocery store, and will get a weird look from a stranger. It's as if they don't get that I am talking to my child like he is a real person!

So I've figured out that I'm good at learning things that I am interested in, and that are interactive. I've become a fan of Photoshop tutorials. I can learn one thing at a time, step by step, and I can refer back if it is confusing. I found an effect that I've always liked and tried it on one of my photos. It's my first attempt, but I thought it came out pretty well.

If you are interested in learning how to create this effect, I used this resource.

Education is power, but only if you learn something!