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Perspectives on Homeschooling and Classical Christian Education from Scholars Online

Month: April 2020

Mr. Spock, Pseudo-scientist

April 15, 2020

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Bruce McMenomy

in Education, Humor, Mathematics, Natural Science, Philosophy, Science, Technology

April 15, 2020

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Bruce McMenomy

in Education, Humor, Mathematics, Natural Science, Philosophy, Science, Technology

I’m one of those aging folks who still remember the original run of Star Trek (no colon, no The Original Series or any other kind of elaboration — just Star Trek). It was a groundbreaking show, and whether you like it or not (there are plenty of reasons to do both), it held out a…
The Sherlock Holmes Law

April 3, 2020

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Bruce McMenomy

in Education, Language, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Writing

April 3, 2020

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Bruce McMenomy

in Education, Language, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Writing

I rather like Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. I should also admit that I’m not a hard-core devotee of mysteries in general. If I were, I probably would find the frequent plot holes in the Holmes corpus more annoying than I do. I enjoy them mostly for the period atmosphere, the prickly character of…