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Classical Conversations® Capstone Cruise & Graduation more than double in size
Classical Conversations® annual Capstone Cruise & Graduation is scheduled for April 28-May 3 on board the Carnival Liberty cruise ship, but the deadline for registering for the five-day, four-night cruise is fast approaching.
Feb. 15 is the registration deadline...
National Number Knockout will crown 2019 champ May 1
The 2019 National Number Knockout (N2K) competition is gearing up to return to the high seas this May. Sixteen finalists from across the nation will compete for the title of 2019 N2K National Champion and a $10,000 cash prize onboard the Carnival cruise ship Victory on...
The Shape of a Sonnet
by Marc
Wednesday, 23 January, 2019
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Wednesday, 23 January, 2019
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Before reading the following article, please read this sonnet out loud:
Sonnet 18
By William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And...
School Choice Week expects over 40,000 celebrations
Southern Pines, North Carolina — National School Choice Week, Jan. 20-26, has rapidly become the world’s largest education-related public awareness effort.
Sponsored by Homeschool Now USA, National School Choice Week has grown from 150 events in 2011 to over 32,000...
The Transformative Powers of Memoria: It’s Not Just About Memorization
by Carrie
Thursday, 03 January, 2019
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Thursday, 03 January, 2019
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Translated from Latin, memoria literally means “memory.” That seems simple enough, but what does it really mean as the fourth Canon of Rhetoric? The first three are Invention, Arrangement, and Elocution; the fifth is Presentation or Delivery. We practice the Five...