“The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think something that cannot be learned from textbooks.” —Albert Einstein Education is much more than teaching specific content needed to pass the right tests in...
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If the public school system’s education of the special needs student is a never stopping, never diverting conveyer belt leading children from one stop to another with little and sometimes no regard to their individual learning needs, then Classical Conversations is an elegant sailboat. The sailboat is a beautiful...
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Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read Original Post Date: March 5, 2012 Smooth ebony fin Rising over rolling waves Dipping down to depths This week, while on a business trip with my husband to Laguna...
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What am I going to neglect and what am I going to pursue? My last article left us with this probing question as we pondered Leigh Bortins’s words… …And I see frustrated parents who have over-estimated their high school child’s elementary education, realize they have not prepared their child adequately...
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Back in the “glory days,” when I was flying fast, pointy jets, there was a maxim among pilots that was frequently articulated: “The faster you go, the faster you go faster.” This unusual axiom referred to the fact that getting from 100 knots to 200 knots took much longer...
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If someone were to ask me, “What is the most important thing you would share with a parent who is considering home educating their special needs child?”, my answer would be summed up in one Scripture verse: To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose...
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The Peacemaker Monthly Confessions of a Middle School Cheater by Cara McLauchlan “He who conceals his sin, does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.” – The Peacemaker, page 117 Remember the expression “cheaters never win.” Well, sometimes they do. I am ashamed to say I...
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Rest and play! Too many times we are eager to rush our very small children into “school.” Treasure those younger years which fly by. Read lots of good books together, sing silly songs, and take lots of walks and naps. All too soon, your days will be filled with more...
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Most often, we assume if something takes time, it is not as good. Even if we recognize in our minds that this is not true, our actions speak much differently (this is especially true for Americans). We love fast food. We love buying things online. Amazon Prime is the...
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Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read Original Post Date: June 28, 2012 Once Classical Conversations seminars wrap up, I have a chance to tackle whatever I think is a weakness in our academics. It is...
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One of the great benefits of homeschooling is the education parents can receive—most often an education very unlike the one they received when they were young. It is an honor to learn alongside my daughter this year in Classical Conversations Challenge B as she tackles ideas and subjects that truly do challenge her. I could...
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Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read Original Post Date: August 14, 2012 I would like to take some time in this article revisiting what should be a very familiar story from the Bible, the occasion...
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