Christi Shaw couldn’t wait to finish school and move on with life outside of college.
Finishing her studies at Trinity University in only three and a half years, she graduated in 1972 and began her work in the state capital of Texas as an administrative assistant to Representative Joe Sage.
In 1976, Shaw met the man of her dreams, Thomas Moorman, and they married on Dec. 20th of that year. About three years later, their first child, daughter Muffin, was born. Before she knew it, Mrs. Moorman was a mother of six.
“As soon as one was walking I was ready to have another that I could hold. So, we continued to have more until one day we realized we had our hands quite full,” said Moorman.
That was when Moorman started to see her education at Trinity being helpful in raising her six children.
Growing up in San Antonio as an only child and to parents who were also only children, “Trinity just seemed like a very natural progression, because I could stay at First Presbyterian, in the church where I’d grown up” and remain at home after freshman year.The university back then only required on campus living for freshmen.
Moorman went to Trinity to become a director of Christian education, which would allow her to work in a Christian school or as the Sunday school director in a church. By the time she was a junior, however, this program was phased out. Instead, Moorman received a degree in education. “Which was wonderful, because we home schooled our children. I really did learn a lot that was pertinent, so that was good,” she said.
Taking what she learned from her degree in education, such as Plato and Aristotle’s model and the methods of Dr. Raymond Moore, Moorman constructed her own system for teaching her children.
One of Moorman’s favorite professor was Dr. Cornelius Deboe, who was an ordained Presbyterian minister and taught a lot of philosophy of education classes. “Plato and Aristotle believed children, especially boys then, apparently, didn’t go to formal classes until they were 12 years old. So that put in my mind that formal education doesn’t need to start, like, when a child is 3 years old,” recalled Moorman.
Similarly, “Dr. Raymond Moore’s major premise was that it is better to have your children at home with you until they are 8 to 12 years old.”
Moorman chose to home school her children and wanted the learning to happen in a natural manner as recommended by Dr. Raymond Moore. She thus decided it would be best to raise her children on the ranch that her husband ran, rather than staying in the city.
She encouraged her children to explore nature and learn from it instead of sitting them at the desk. She wanted to allow their minds to learn out of their curiosity rather than forcing a book in front of them.
“They were at home, out in the fields, and learning from nature. That was the basic idea,” Moorman said. “Plato and Aristotle both believed that the best education for early childhood was from nature.”
While her children received their primary school education at home, they didn’t miss anything. With their mother’s strategic teaching methods, free range on the ranch, and having each other as both playmates and friends, they enjoyed life.
Moses Moorman, the youngest of the six, said that he loved the freedom he was allowed growing up on the ranch.
“I could go out and do anything I wanted as long as I stayed on the property. Ya know, having five other siblings I had everything I wanted as far as friends. And we hung out all day long,” he said.
Moses spent a lot of time with his two other brothers. “We were kinda just barefooted and ran around,” he recalled. ”We would do anything from build fires, to play tennis--we had a tennis courts. We would go fishing all the time--we had a pond.”
Growing up this way allowed him "to think out of the box. It enabled me to think in a way that most people don’t even get a chance to,” he said.
Moses Moorman started a real estate development companyright after college. From there, he also invested in restaurants and partnered in a start-up company. Currently, he is working towards getting his MBA and looking forward to new ventures awaiting him.
He also wants his own children to enjoy similar freedom in learning. "When I see what kids are into these days and how they're all caught up in social media, like so caught up on what other people want or being likable. I think it’s absurd," he said. “When I have kids I want to live in the country or somewhere where they aren't influenced by today's general media. I don't want my kids growing up with those kinds of values and ideals."
Now that all of her children are grown, Christi Moorman has established her own specialty lamp making business called Joyeous Lumiere, which means “Happy Lights.”
One of Moorman’s favorite professor was Dr. Cornelius Deboe, who was an ordained Presbyterian minister and taught a lot of philosophy of education classes. “Plato and Aristotle believed children, especially boys then, apparently, didn’t go to formal classes until they were 12 years old. So that put in my mind that formal education doesn’t need to start, like, when a child is 3 years old,” recalled Moorman.
Similarly, “Dr. Raymond Moore’s major premise was that it is better to have your children at home with you until they are 8 to 12 years old.”
Moorman chose to home school her children and wanted the learning to happen in a natural manner as recommended by Dr. Raymond Moore. She thus decided it would be best to raise her children on the ranch that her husband ran, rather than staying in the city.
She encouraged her children to explore nature and learn from it instead of sitting them at the desk. She wanted to allow their minds to learn out of their curiosity rather than forcing a book in front of them.
“They were at home, out in the fields, and learning from nature. That was the basic idea,” Moorman said. “Plato and Aristotle both believed that the best education for early childhood was from nature.”
While her children received their primary school education at home, they didn’t miss anything. With their mother’s strategic teaching methods, free range on the ranch, and having each other as both playmates and friends, they enjoyed life.
Moses Moorman, the youngest of the six, said that he loved the freedom he was allowed growing up on the ranch.
“I could go out and do anything I wanted as long as I stayed on the property. Ya know, having five other siblings I had everything I wanted as far as friends. And we hung out all day long,” he said.
Moses spent a lot of time with his two other brothers. “We were kinda just barefooted and ran around,” he recalled. ”We would do anything from build fires, to play tennis--we had a tennis courts. We would go fishing all the time--we had a pond.”
Growing up this way allowed him "to think out of the box. It enabled me to think in a way that most people don’t even get a chance to,” he said.
Moses Moorman started a real estate development companyright after college. From there, he also invested in restaurants and partnered in a start-up company. Currently, he is working towards getting his MBA and looking forward to new ventures awaiting him.
He also wants his own children to enjoy similar freedom in learning. "When I see what kids are into these days and how they're all caught up in social media, like so caught up on what other people want or being likable. I think it’s absurd," he said. “When I have kids I want to live in the country or somewhere where they aren't influenced by today's general media. I don't want my kids growing up with those kinds of values and ideals."
Now that all of her children are grown, Christi Moorman has established her own specialty lamp making business called Joyeous Lumiere, which means “Happy Lights.”
No comments:
Post a Comment