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Feb 05, 2013

Why Study Calculus?

Many people loathe the idea of calculus. Even the name sounds tedious and difficult. Most people who have to take calculus in college will not use it on a daily basis. So why is calculus an important part of education? One of the goals of classical education is to...

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Does Anyone Know How to Think Anymore?

One of my favorite scenes in C.S. Lewis’s novel,Ā The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,Ā takes place when Peter and Susan have become concerned about the fantasy world of Narnia that their sister Lucy claims to have entered. They meet with Professor Kirke to get some advice. Here is a...

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Jan 30, 2013

Four Benefits of Saxon Math

Math is not scary. Say it with me: ā€œMath is not scary.ā€ Perhaps you might tell me you grew up believing your sister to be a math oriented person and believing yourself to be a language oriented person (and this is the reason you think math is scary). This...

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Jan 29, 2013

What “Should” One Do?

he ethical question ā€œWhat should one do?ā€ā€¦elicits not only knowledge, but wisdom, and it draws the interest of the student into any subject, no matter how obscure or far removed from his day-to-day concerns. It challenges the imagination and makes life the laboratory it ought to be for testing...

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Jan 28, 2013

Winter’s Fruitful Yield

Winter is an underappreciated season. Many people see the landscape as barren, uninviting, and gloomy. I had a friend once describe winter as the “dead season”! I disagree. For me, winter is a season of gathering strength, building promise, and preparation for a new “bursting forth” that is all...

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Jan 25, 2013

Writing Your Way Out of Writing-Based Anxiety

ā€œHow many words can you write in a minute?ā€ is not a question I often hear, even as someone who writes as a vocation. Ā However, today while researching for the next set of books in theĀ PreScriptsĀ series, I came across a quote that made me ponder this very question. A...

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Jan 24, 2013

A Homeschooler at a Bible College/Seminary

Celeste F was homeschooled in rural Kansas. ā€œThe attitude that was put into what I learned was great,ā€ she says, ā€œOutside of math and English facts, it was the self-discipline, the character that was developed because I was homeschooled.ā€ When asked if, looking back, she would have done anything...

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Jan 14, 2013

New Beginnings

In Luke, Jesus helps us understand God’s priorities for our lives when He speaks to Martha: ā€œ. . . Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to Him and asked: ā€˜Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do...

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