Painted lines and pot holes

As I drove out the other night I noticed that the lines on our street had been repainted recently. Today as I was driving around our suburb I noticed that the line painting people seem to have had a field day in our area. Someone somewhere has obviously decided that it's line painting time here. I really didn't think the lines needed doing. What does need fixing though is the large number of potholes in the road which are due to the recent heavy rains. It's a pity that line painters can't be pothole fixers instead.

I was thinking of it as a bit of an object lesson. With two children finished schooling I'm finding that I get contacted a lot by people who want to know all about the different ways of home education. One of the comments I make is that no system of home schooling is perfect. Even after 15 years of it we prayerfully decided to change the curriculum and learning style for Matt this year. Last year he and I were getting frustrated by the line painting in the curriculum - the endless revision of concepts already mastered - whilst the pot holes (weak areas) were being left alone. With the new system I have a lot more control over what he does and the line painting has stopped and the pot hole filling has started. Already we're having a smoother drive.

Thus endeth the object lesson for today.