education - Mission: Milspouse

Teacher Appreciation & Summer Reading

by Angie Andrews | May 7, 2021 | Blog, Experience, Household 6

Yesterday as I was scrolling through Facebook, I noticed a lot of my former coworkers had shared a post regarding Teacher Appreciation Week. The post asked for updates from parents or former students, stating something along the lines of, “If I ever taught you or your child, this year for Teacher Appreciation Week please share what you (or your child) are up to now.” I, of course, read through some of the comments. And on one friend’s comments, a mom posted an update that her son was now a rescue swimmer in the Navy and included a photo.

AWTR Show #806, Double Feature: Universal Technical Institute & First Command Financial Services

by M:M Command Team | Mar 29, 2021 | Podcast

It’s double feature day! First up is Universal Technical Institute (UTI), the nation’s largest provider of skilled technicians to the transportation industry. Then join us as we chat with Nidhi Talati from First Command Financial Services.

AWTR Show #804: Virtual Assistant Internship

by M:M Command Team | Mar 15, 2021 | Podcast

Enjoy another great episode as we introduce our guest, Esther Inman. Esther is the CEO and founder of Virtual Assistant Internship, a 90-day training program that offers step by step SKILLS training, portfolio building, mentorship and exclusive job postings for aspiring VAs.

Choosing Battle Lines

by Scot Shumski | Mar 2, 2021 | Blog, Career & Education, Experience, Household 6

Do you feel defeated choosing battle lines on the virtual learning front with your children over the past year? I have some thoughts on that, but first, how I got there.

Having left Facebook several years ago due to the incivility that was present (how tame those days were), I eventually found my way back to the social media platform. It wasn’t due to FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). It wasn’t because I regretted my decision. Hardly.

No, it was because the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, gymnastics, and a host of youth sports teams only communicated to families through Facebook.

AWTR Show #796: Life Skills for Soldiers (GIVEAWAY!)

by M:M Command Team | Feb 8, 2021 | Podcast

Life Skills for Soldiers is a 501c3 veteran run nonprofit whose mission is to improve service-members’ lives through life skills education. Their vision is to create a platform and leverage the train-the-trainer methodology to make it easy for all military leaders to teach their troops valuable life skills.

Imposter Syndrome: Am I Doing Homeschool Right?

by Anna Larson | Oct 1, 2020 | Blog, Experience, Household 6

As a homeschool veteran of eight years, I get a lot of friends, neighbors, and even complete strangers who reach out to me to ask about what real homeschool is like. They say they are looking for advice, but almost always the conversation ends with me reassuring them that they are fully capable of teaching their children and being successful at homeschooling.

Very much like a favorite topic of mine when I’m consulting with new entrepreneurs, I believe these homeschool parents suffer from a well-known doubt in oneself that we call “imposter syndrome.”

Homeschool Hacks

by Retired Blogger | Aug 26, 2020 | Blog, Career & Education, Experience

Needless to say, the last few months have been full of a lot of crazy unknowns about school and how it’s all going to go down..

Some states are going full time in-person, some states are opting for all distance learning, and some states are doing a hybrid of the two. Heck, some states (like mine) are still having 4-hour parent/teacher conferences trying to figure out what the heck they’re going to do! I’m hoping this blog post might offer a tiny bit of hope and information in what might seem like a hopeless situation.

We’re All in This Together: Back-to-school

by Chrissy Gibbs | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog, Career & Education, Experience, Household 6

If you’re not familiar with High School Musical, then you’ll need to watch this video to hear my mantra for this year.

We’re all in this together.

It’s such a simple phrase. Five little words. Written in the second person point-of-view, so no one is excluded. Stating that we are not alone. You can hear me singing it (almost daily) when trying to overcome life’s little battles, and this year has brought quite a few.

My current “battle” is the upcoming school year. Like so many other parents out there, I have been struggling with the changes this year will bring. Mainly because we chose to go virtual—and with four children under the age of 10, that will fall heavily on my shoulders.

AWTR Show #758: Virtual Assistant Academy + Featured Interview with First Command

by M:M Command Team | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog, Financial Planning, Podcast

On today’s exciting AWTR episode we interview Molly Rose Speed, the founder of The Virtual Assistant Academy and Virtual Assistant Management.