Homeschooling
He Wanted a Table
I was so disappointed to discover that Clyde Robert Bulla passed away before I realized what a great childrens’ author he was, and had the chance to contact him. In his autobiographical work (for children, of course, but not unappreciable by adults), A Grain of Wheat, he writes of his very first day... »
The Good Mommy Paradox
What are societal expectations of a mother these days, and how is she assisted in meeting them? How does society judge a mother? I give you two (fictitious, but entirely plausible) scenarios: Mother A: Sends Johnny off to school in the morning. Johnny spends the day at school, eats a taxpayer-subsidized... »
On Knowing What We’re Doing: Parents, Education, and Other Things
At Mere Orthodoxy, Jeremy Mann comments on what Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye says about parental vs. public school influence on children. Educators, he states, would do well to remember that “school is not a very powerful force in the lives of many students. School for many is a span of time they... »
The Dilemma of Modern Western Civilization
A selection from Can Christianity Save Civilization by Walter Marshall Horton, Oberlin College, 1940, Harper & Brothers Publishers, pp 151-153. The Dilemma of Modern Western Civilization: Totalitarianism or Christianity The mention of Communism should remind us that modern Western civilization, whose disintegrating and reconstructive influence upon primitive and oriental culture has been so strong, is itself... »
See Things Simply
According to his parents, Moshe Kai Cavalin, recent graduate of East L. A. Community College with a degree in astrophysics, “is just an average kid who enjoys studying as much as he likes playing soccer, watching Jackie Chan movies, and collecting toy cars and baseball caps with tiger emblems on them.” Who is also,... »
The Wonder of it All
For a couple weeks now, a little gray barn swallow’s been perched in her nest in our front-porch alcove. Cute little thing, with just her tail sticking out and little head darting this way and that. Past years’ attempts to build nests there have been abandoned, leaving our porch a mud-and-grass-splattered mess.... »
Dorothy Sayers Speaks
I just love to read and re-read anything by Dorothy Sayers. Take this from “Creed or Chaos?” “If all men are offended because of Christ, let them be offended; but where is the sense of their being offended at something that is not Christ and is nothing like Him? We do Him singularly little honor... »
