Articles by author: Stephanie Meter
The Real Impact of Imagination
by Stephanie
Thursday, 07 September, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Thursday, 07 September, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
One of the best things our parents ever did for me and my sister, Sarah, was let us get bored.
“Good,” Mom would say when I whined to her that I was bored. “If you’re never bored, then you’ll never learn how to make fun for yourself.”
And this probably why I have a...
Thoughts on Tanglewood Tales
by Stephanie
Tuesday, 13 June, 2017
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14)
Tuesday, 13 June, 2017
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14)
“Edit Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales,” they said.
“It’ll be fun,” they said.
And you know what? It actually was.
I’m not sure if I’m supposed to say this or not, but I’ve always struggled to enjoy Hawthorne. I’m glad I read The Scarlet Letter in Challenge I,...
Celebrating Assessment
by Stephanie
Tuesday, 25 April, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Tuesday, 25 April, 2017
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
I’ll never forget my Challenge I philosophy assessment.
Although philosophy was one of my favorite courses, I was dreading the blue book exam. The study guide alone was overwhelming. We had learned so much! How could I possibly retain all the details? And what was a...
Divided Responsibility
by Stephanie
Thursday, 03 April, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, College and Post Graduation
Thursday, 03 April, 2014
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, College and Post Graduation
To me, a professor asking a question is a professor expecting a response. In my Classical Conversations seminars, students rarely failed to provide some kind of comment when asked. More often, in fact, tutors had to help choreograph the admittance of so many eager...