I didn't even know what that was. Each year I had a new crop of students and taught them the same skills as all the other fifth graders in our school. At the time I knew something was wrong, but couldn't put my finger on it. One thing that always bothered me was not being able to use real books. There was never enough money to get a class set of a real living book. Move Forward Several Years . By the time my oldest was ready for kindergarten, I knew I did not want her in the public school. We decided to enroll Ashley in a private Christian school. The first few years were okay, but the last two were horrors of the Conveyor Belt. When Ashley gave answers that weren't the textbook answer, she was told to rewrite her essay. I told her I was proud of her answer because she spent time thinking for herself and lining up her answer with Scripture. Then I said, Just...