“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding” (Proverbs 9:10, KJV). The question of how science relates to faith is one that seems to baffle many people, but this need not be so. This is a foundational issue, because the...
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The deck is being shuffled in the Middle East. Only time will tell if the changes are positive or negative. With greater access to news and information, common folk can hear about events around the world. News traveled fast on December 17, 2010 when Mohammed Bouazizi of Tunisia doused...
Read the Full ArticleOne of the main criticisms that comes against classical education is its practicality in the real world. Dr. Hebbard addresses the issue that seeks to satisfy the critics as well as encourage the classical students by going beyond the surface of the assumption that a major is the best...
Read the Full ArticleA love of vocabulary might be the most important thing you ever give your kids. I can’t remember when the passion was instilled in me. My mother read to me every morning and every night, from books which were beautifully written and which often used words I had not...
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Foundations Directors may be breathing a sigh of relief over the completion of six weeks of children painting in the church building. While I, too, am glad we managed to retain favor with our host church by not tracking paint down the carpeted hall, I would enjoy talking about...
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I was the helper in my five-year-old daughter’s Foundations class this week when her tutor demonstrated Newton’s First Law of Motion with a tennis ball and a super bouncy ball–very high tech and expensive science equipment! First, she recited the law several times and asked the children to repeat...
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Through history, we see God’s unfolding plan for humanity. We learn about both the incredible triumphs and the failures of humankind. As American historian David McCullough wrote: “History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” We...
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One of the easiest subjects to love is history. Events happened in order. Literature bringing those events to life is easy to find. Discussions about the people and events are fairly easy to negotiate…but what about Latin? Could I ever learn to love Latin? Yes! through Classical Conversations, your...
Read the Full ArticleAll conceptualization of abstract ideas is an important ingredient in loving to learn. Challenge III is conceptualization of abstract ideas. Therefore, Challenge III is an important ingredient in loving to learn. Whaaaaat? Could it be? Under strict logical analysis, as studied in Advanced Logic, the above is a categorical...
Read the Full ArticleRaise your hand if you had a course in geography in school. I suspect that very few of us would be able to raise a hand honestly. My own encounters with geography were spotty at best. I once made a map of the state of Oklahoma out of Jell-O...
Read the Full ArticleWould you call yourself a math person? Years ago, I would have called myself a literature person or a language person. I graduated with a degree in English and a minor in French. I always liked math, but, after high school Calculus, I never took another course. Now, at...
Read the Full ArticleClassical Conversations, Inc. announces CEO and author Leigh A. Bortins will be taking your questions. Leigh Bortins will answer questions on the dialectic stage of learning. The dialectic stage, the second stage of learning in classical education’s three-stage trivium, will be the focus of her next book. West End,...
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