From Homecoming King, To Homeschooling Dad - Part 2: Dethroned

In Part 1 of "From Homecoming King, To Homeschooling Dad", I wrote about some of my experiences during my senior year of high school with a specific emphasis on being crowned Homecoming King. I encourage you to read it here. For this post however, I will be talking some about my college years and how they ended in a way I was not expecting.

The "Homecoming King" (a.k.a. me) was preparing for college. Even though I applied to multiple colleges, I only had one on my mind to attend and that was Longwood College (now Longwood University) located in Farmville, Virginia. Colleen who was my girlfriend at that time (but is now my wife), had already been accepted into Longwood and was already attending a year ahead of me, so I had no intention of going anywhere else for college. Thankfully though, Longwood accepted me and I knew exactly what I wanted to be: a Biology/Earth Science teacher.

From Homecoming King, To Homeschooling Dad - Part 1: Crowned

Some may not remember, some may not know, and honestly some may want to forget, but back in the Fall of 1998 (my Senior year in high school) I was crowned Homecoming King! Yeah, you heard that right. It really was an amazing moment in my life. From my freshman to senior year, I had actually been nominated and voted by my peers to be on the homecoming court each year in high school along with other classmates. However, senior year, there could only be one King and one Queen, so one can imagine how excited I was.