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Do you want to be inspired to learn Latin and science with your children? Do you want to train your children to be self-motivated? Do you want to provide worthy role models? If so, then simply turn to an enduring classic in children’s literature: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee...
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Let me state this plainly: the Challenge B tutor has the best position in Classical Conversations. We build mental muscle with logic, we train opinionated kids to argue, and we watch children grow up into young men and women attorneys who go into battle in a courtroom. Yes, I am a...
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I help high school students find colleges that suit them well. That is what I do and I like doing it. It is especially rewarding when I feel that I have assisted a student who is a family member or close friend of mine. I had the opportunity to...
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“Describe the last excellent conversation you had. What triggered it?” “What is the most important lesson you will take from high school to your next endeavor?” “Who do you want to be your mentor for the next two to seven years?” “Where can you find people whose message persuades...
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Recently, a few of our city commissioners tried to pass an ordinance that was clearly unbiblical. As I was discussing it with others, I stumbled upon a disturbing trend. While everyone I talked with agreed that the ordinance was wrong, most could not effectively support their position—especially when asked...
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In the fall of 1979, when I was a senior in high school, my youth pastor took me and three other students on a tour of several colleges. I had never heard of a “road trip,” and this was my first. We left Greensboro, NC on a Wednesday in...
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“This is just a bit of silliness, really,” says thirteen-year-old Peter Llewelyn Davies as a disclaimer to his first attempt at writing a play, in the 2004 film Finding Neverland. “I should hope so,” replies his mentor, playwright J.M. Barrie. “Go on.” Even though Peter is still a child, he...
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“How many words can you write in a minute?” is not a question I often hear, even as someone who writes as a vocation. However, today while researching for the next set of books in the PreScripts series, I came across a quote that made me ponder this very question. A...
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Last week in my Challenge B class, I was fervently attempting to cover our introductory material for chemistry. There was plenty to discuss and the concepts were new to the students. Hence, I knew there would be some deer-in-the-headlights reactions to some of the concepts. Contrary to my expectations,...
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Is it February already? What happened to January—did we skip it? I can’t believe I am almost four weeks into the semester. I have started working on my Faces in History paper for Essentials. I am going to be…wait a minute, I can’t tell you that…! In other big...
Read the Full ArticleMade it! The first semester is done. I survived. I had a lot of fun. I just got four tickets in my Essentials class for four very short sentences! I learned a lot in Foundations this first semester, but I really took to Essentials. I knew going into this...
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Posted by Andrea Newitt on Wednesday, 20 April, 2011 Many parents happily take on the task of homeschooling their children in the early years, but when it comes to high school, they simply lose heart and send their children off to school. Several years ago, The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine conducted a survey of...
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