When I taught math in school, one of the things that bothered me the most was when students did not retain the information or the ability to do problems with processes they had previously “learned.” Thanks to one veteran teacher and others who did an in-service, I learned how to correct that problem (at least with some students!). As the teacher and the other group pointed out, we humans tend to forget something that we don’t continue to use on a regular basis.

My genetic coding includes a love for horses. Growing up dad worked 2 and 3 jobs at times to provide us horses, and purchase feed for the four legged beast that took up residency in our pasture.

Dad was known to go to the killer pen (where horses went prior to being made into soap or glue) and purchase horses for $25. He would spend time ‘breaking’ them, and selling them for a profit.