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Feb 24, 2013

Eradicate Truncated Similes for Just 72Ā¢ per Day!

WARNING: Before you read this article, please know that if you proceed you will inevitably become acutely aware of something that will, henceforth, continually unsettle you. If you are prepared for that eventuality, then read on. A few years ago, my family and I were traveling through Oklahoma City....

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Feb 21, 2013

The Qualities of the Best Schools

A few years ago I began to make a list of qualities that I see in the best schools I visit. I measure the quality of the school by the depth of its investment into each student’s soul, which may cause this to be a not very practical list....

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Feb 16, 2013

The Coming Educational Revolution

I think I am pretty safe in stating this prediction: there is an educational revolution on its way and it is, indeed, already afoot and trampling hard. When distance learning was first introduced, it made some ripples. Then when online classes and, indeed, entire online colleges came on the...

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Talking Differently about Music

I have decided to take a different tack when I talk to someone about music. Usually, I ask a person what he likes to listen to, or what artists he likes. Why do I ask this question? Recently I heard a lecture on music and the arts by Dr....

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Doctor Who: an Ancient Hero for the Modern Day

I know I’m a few years late on this one, but as history’s longest running science fiction TV series becomes even more of a cultural phenomenon, I thought I’d offer a critical perspective on what makesĀ Doctor WhoĀ significant to classically minded people. A quick disclaimer: Classical Conversations is not in...

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Feb 15, 2013

Words that Count: Discovering the Mathematics of Poetry

In a 2011 article for the American Mathematical Society, mathematician Cai Tianxin made a striking claim. He wrote, ā€œIt could be said that mathematics and poetry are the freest intellectual activities of human beings.ā€1 His suggestion is doubly daring: first, because it brings together two arts that are typically...

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Feb 14, 2013

You Are Math in Motion

If I asked you, ā€œDo you like math?ā€ would you answer that you dislike it? Would you complain that you ā€œnever use it in real lifeā€? Would you claim that you are not a ā€œmath personā€? If you would answer in those ways, consider a follow-up question: ā€œDo you...

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Feb 13, 2013

Finding God in Groundhog Day

In Lamentations 3:22­–24, the author encourages us with these words: ā€œThe steadfast love of theĀ LordĀ never ceases;Ā his mercies never come to an end;Ā they are newĀ every morning;Ā great is your faithfulness. ā€˜TheĀ LordĀ is my portion,’ says my soul,Ā ā€˜therefore I will hope in him’ ā€ (ESV). February 2, 2013, was Groundhog Day. The tradition...

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Feb 11, 2013

Five Best Excuses Not to Attend a Math Practicum

At Classical Conversations, we have identified the five best excuses given for not attending aĀ Parent PracticumĀ that focuses on math. Or rather, I should say that some of these are excuses we have heard and some are excuses we have made up to be funny. Excuse #1: I am Euclid’s...

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Feb 07, 2013

Fra Angelico: Art ā€œAs unto the Lordā€

I walked into our Classical Conversations assembly wearing a long, brown Jedi Knight cloak. (Having boys with big imaginations means our house is full of cloaks, capes, swords, and light sabers.) I asked the group of eager Classical Conversations students whom I looked like. They knew I probably did...

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Did the Science Department Get the Memo?

A great benefit of speaking and hosting an exhibit at homeschool conventions is the opportunity which such an event presents to hear, firsthand, homeschool families share their experiences with Christian higher education. Many of these stories are inspiring and informative, but every once in a while you hear one...

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Feb 06, 2013

What Are We Thinking?

Americans solve problems, explore new realms, and question authority. After all, the first European settlers on our continent crossed the ocean to find greater freedom and new opportunities. These adventurous, independent settlers and immigrants laid the foundation for American culture. Thus in America, we pay little attention to class...

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