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Learning From Our M-I-S-T-A-K-E-S
My first grader recently asked me how “spelling class” was done when *I* was a kid. I explained how I wrote with a “stick” on a “clay tablet,” and once my answers were written “in stone,” then they were graded and that. was. that. Okay. Minus the clay tablet and plus a red pen. But it got me to thinking about “right answers” and “wrong answers” and “test scores” and “what the heck is a good education all about anyway?” (I promise. This is not a public school versus homeschool debate.)
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Learning From Our M-I-S-T-A-K-E-S
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Let’s Start This Week Off With Something Shallow: Our Souls.
As I listen to the political parties talk about the “education crisis,” I can’t help but think about Michael Card* and this thought on parenting: “Early in our marriage, Susan and I read a book by a rabbi, Abraham Heschel, who talked about being a stranger to your child’s soul. That phrase impacted us, and we determined we didn’t want to miss our kids’ childhood. For us that meant homeschooling.” He goes on to say that not everyone can or wants to homeschool: “But it’s important to realize th
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Let’s Start This Week Off With Something Shallow: Our Souls.