This Sunday, my fourteen-year-old son was qualified to compete in the NYC Junior High championship debate tournament. But since the event will take place on a Sunday, he declined, choosing to be at our church’s worship service instead. My husband and I did not coerce him, and we are in no way advocating a legalistic […]
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Like most classical educators, I often find myself discussing How To Teach. This is a topic that bewilders me because of its great weight, and I used to panic and answer any queries directed to me in the same manner: “Ask somebody else. I, too, want to teach better. I only teach literature because I
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Several times in my life, someone has skipped the pleasantries and directly asked me, “Why don’t you listen to better music?” While most of my friends listen to the same style of music as myself, I’ve had a few acquaintances with more refined tastes. The question left me embarrassed, for while I enjoy the intellectual
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