CONTINUING IN THE WORD
Perspectives on Homeschooling and Classical Christian Education from Scholars Online
Category: Character formation
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Summertime, and the Learning is Easy
The traditional school year in the United States and much of the rest of the world has been faulted for inefficiency: surely we could get more learning done, or do the same amount in less time, by simply continuing throughout the year, and not taking the summer off for what the English call the “long…
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December 16: Vasco da Gama’s Voyage
On December 16, 1497, the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama reached the mount of the Great Fish River on the eastern side of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Thus far had his predecessor Bartolomeu Dias come in 1488, but damage to the ships and dwindling supplies forced Dias to turn back. We…
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December 13: St. Lucy
Very early in the morning, before sunrise certainly, because it was pitch dark, on December 13 of my freshman year at college, someone banged loudly on my door. Stumbling out of bed, unable to find my glasses, and assuming there was some horrrible emergency, I opened my door to a blurry vision. The dorm president…