Mt. Sophia Ideas

This winter we are looking at some culture changers.
Micah and Ruth Tillman are culture changers.
Ruth is always up to something- good cause-wise. In the past year, she has donated bone marrow and saved a life. Alzheimer’s research has benefited from the proceeds of her quilts that she donates. In normal life, she is a mild-mannered [...]

Through the winter, I want to share pictures of culture changers .
Here is another amazing culture changer you all know:

Mt. Sophia’s principal is a role model for culture changing. When Marilyn Groop sees a need (and feels led to work on it) change happens.
Over a decade ago, the homeschooling culture needed to think about [...]

From InterChangenewsletter (a newsletter for psychologists):
Junk food affects the brain like heroin. Users get a flush of pleasure, but gradually need more and more to get the same feeling. That’s according to research done at the Scripps Research Institute” (and reported at the Society for Neuroscience).
Check out the article at www.tinyurl.com/pf1109c

“How can you teach trigonometry (or writing, or chemistry, or philosophy)?”
We’ve all been asked about our qualifications for teaching our children. We’ve all come up with some variation of “we learn it together” or “I find another mom/dad who helps with that, while I teach from my area of expertise” or “we find an online [...]

Most of us have had times when a dear friend or loved one is in the hospital and we have not known what was helpful to do when visiting.
I got an email the other day regarding my friend who is currently hospitalized. In it, her husband explained things that visitors can talk about that feel [...]