Poetic Knowledge (Or, Magic of Mother Academia) | The Commonplace | Classical CM Home Education
Doing all of this—curating an exceptional milieu, providing dedicated tutoring and opportunities for apprenticeship—is hard work. You could pull it off if you put your mind to it, I trust. Though, like everything pursued to excellence, it would demand serious sacrifices. Particularly of time. It is ok not to want that.
A lot of it does not require s
... See moreHenrik Karlsson • Childhoods of Exceptional People
Depuis les débuts de l’enseignement, on se bat sur le fait de savoir quelles matières on doit enseigner à l’école. Et les programmes ont évolué de façon radicale au fil du temps. Dans la Rome antique, l’éducation reposait sur les sept arts libéraux : la grammaire, ou structure formelle du langage ; la rhétorique, ou composition et présentation d’un
... See moreKen Robinson • Changez l'école ! : La révolution qui va transformer l'éducation (French Edition)
Jesus is a teacher who doesn’t just inform our intellect but forms our very loves. He isn’t content to simply deposit new ideas into your mind; he is after nothing less than your wants, your loves, your longings. His “teaching” doesn’t just touch the calm, cool, collected space of reflection and contemplation; he is a teacher who invades the heated
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
What luck for a child to meet such a soul when she is young. What luck for a country to have a Mark Twain in its heart.