I found this on the Christian Science Monitor blog in reference to something the author saw at a national park mentioning that Teddy Roosevelt was “homeschooled.” People have been educating their children at home for centuries, but “home-schooling” has a contemporary political edge, and it doesn’t fit the Roosevelts. Home-schooling is an act against “the …
Monthly Archive: May 2004
May 31
County Chronicle by Angela Thirkell
I just finished reading County Chronicle by Angela Thirkell. The book begins with a proposal and then a marriage and ends with two proposals, marriages yet to come (in the next book?). So it’s a comedy, right? Angela Thirkell seems to have published about one book a year from 1930 until 1959–32 books in all …
May 30
G.K. Chesterton
Whoa, go back three steps–actually one day. Yesterday was the birthday of G.K. Chesterton, and I can’t miss that one. He has so many great quotes. And Father Brown and The Man Who Was Thursday and Orthodoxy are such great books. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. To me, this …
May 27
Significant events in US History
I’ve been working for most of the day on a syllabus for the AP American History class that I’m teaching for a group of homeschooled high schoolers next year. I’m tired of working on it, so I have a question. What do you all think are the most significant events, people, or movements in U.S. …
May 26
Mike Adams Reads the Classics
Columnist Mike Adams has a good annotated list of classics he’s been reading lately. I’ve read almost all the books he lists, and I agree that they’re all worth the time and effort required to read or even re-read.
May 25
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-
For Second Daughter:All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. For Eldest Son: Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. For Eldest Daughter: No man ever prayed heartily without learning something. For Dear Husband: Finish each day before you begin …
May 24
Homeschoolers not Isolated
I read this srticle that appeared in yesterday’s Houston Chronicle, thanks to Daryl Cobranchi (Homeschool and Other Stuff). It leads with the graduation ceremony that I attended last Saturday and then quotes Joanne Juren and Tim Lambert, both of whom are old friends. Unfortunately, the journalist writing the article felt compelled to mention Andrea Yates, …
May 22
Arnold Lobel
Today is the birthday of Arnold Lobel, author and illustrator of many, many children’s books including, Frog and Toad Are Friends and Owl at Home. In fact, one biographer noted that Mr. Lobel died in 1987 leaving a legacy of over 100 books that he either wrote or illustrated. What a legacy! It’s an especially …
May 19
Baylor
There are two posts about Baylor at Southern Appeal here and here. It seems the board of regents had another vote on whether to keep Dr. Sloan as president. The regents voted 18-17 to suport Sloan. I’m praying for the success of Baylor 2012, a plan to develop Baylor into a first tier research university …
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