What Good Is College (or High School, or ANY School)?

I’m standing in front of thirty college freshman.  My job for the day is to make a 2,300 year old book seem slightly interesting and relevant.
We’re studying Aristotle’s Ethics, you see, and I think it’s one of the greatest books ever written.  But I can’t assume my students do.
Most people don’t.
Most people have never even [...]

How the Blog Was Born

Once upon a time, long time ago there was a community of homeschoolers who knew how to do everything. Do you remember them?
All the moms used A Beka and longed for alternatives and NEVER took the kids to the grocery store in the daytime.
They rehearsed answers to thought provoking questions like:
“Is that legal?”
“What about socialization?”
They [...]