trying to figure out the system

I am trying to figure out the system. I am posting a second blog today, just to see if I understand what I am doing here. Art mimics life? After all these years of homeschooling, when I started thinking about life after we all grow up, it was just logical to consider entering the field of education. I realized one of my main obstacles was the fact that working 13 years "outside the box" means I have little practical understanding of our educational system. I'll tell more later about my foray into the life of a student-again, in a nonconventional manner-which made me eager to be a professional student.
But if I'm taking up that habit, I'll need to find a way to support it. I found the perfect job for me! I'm working in an afterschool enrichment program, learning about the education system from the inside edges. I get to work with a great bunch of kids, and have finally mastered monkey bars duty. My co-workers seem nice, and are all doing interesting things outside of work hours that I am enjoying learning about. One is working on her Master's degree, another is a journalist, one is a one-on-one aid in the school, a fourth works at a day care center. A couple go to the same college my son is attending.