Articles dated January 2014
Classical Conversations Students: God’s Secret Service Agents
I would postulate that any school teacher in the country would agree that teaching Truth is important. However, in today’s culture, “Truth” and “fact” have been confused. And for the past few generations, “fact” and “opinion” have been confused, leading to our current...
Knowing When to Cheat
I never thought I would find myself teaching my daughter to cheat. We spend our time as parents teaching wholesome lessons like kindness to siblings, respect of elders, and honesty in all things. What place could “cheating” have among those lesson plans? I have been...
Training for Heaven
by Matt
Friday, 24 January, 2014
categories: Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Friday, 24 January, 2014
categories: Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
What is the purpose of education? Are we educating our children for heaven or Harvard? What is our ultimate goal?
We are called to raise our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord and that means more than just training them to perform a task or understand...
My Dog, the Classical Educator
My dog is getting old.
When I visited my family at Christmastime he ran up to me, unsteadily, as if somehow the back half of him was drunk, and I saw the hair in his ears had turned white. I was raised around dogs and it is always sad when one dies, but my relationship...
After High School
I help high school students find colleges that suit them well. That is what I do and I like doing it. It is especially rewarding when I feel that I have assisted a student who is a family member or close friend of mine. I had the opportunity to help with a young man...