Articles dated November 2013

Contact Your Senators to Vote NO on UNCRPD
by Robert
Friday, 29 November, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Friday, 29 November, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
What is the UNCRPD? Why do I oppose it? Why should you oppose it, too? Not only should you oppose the treaty you need to make sure that your senator knows that you oppose it. The UNCRPD is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It...

Examining Worldviews: The Difference between Common Ground and Neutral Ground
One of the main intellectual focuses in evangelical circles today is on worldviews. There is quite a bit of good, open discussion about how one’s worldview affects the way we see and interpret the world around us. It is beneficial to be able to (a) understand that...

Homeschooling and the College Question
by Jen
Monday, 25 November, 2013
categories: Classical Christian Education, College and Post Graduation, Homeschooling Life
Monday, 25 November, 2013
categories: Classical Christian Education, College and Post Graduation, Homeschooling Life
Autumn is a season of deadlines for the parents of high school students. If your student is preparing for college, career, or other forms of continuing education, you are probably swimming in standardized tests, personal statements, and transcripts. I well remember...

Celebrating the Teachable Moments
What is your favorite thing about a To Do List? The calming pursuit of listing all the necessary tasks to be accomplished? The knowledge that you will not forget something important? The sheer symmetry of the bullet points?
My favorite part of a To Do List is crossing...

Rock-solid Retention, Rigorous Exploration, and Right Decision
by Kate
Wednesday, 20 November, 2013
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Wednesday, 20 November, 2013
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
In our society, we often think of skills as a set of “expert” techniques that we apply to particular activities. We classify ourselves, among other things, as “skilled” doctors, electricians, musicians, basketball players, teachers, cooks, or decorators. We tend to...