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Guest Post: James Pelham, age 16, on Thinking (or not)
In a program, when something goes wrong, the program crashes. It sees its current state versus what its state is supposed to be, then goes ‘Hey! These aren’t the same!’; but rather than thinking about what led to this difference, … Continue reading
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Tagged character, correction, corruption, discipline, fact-checking, honesty, integrity, James, mindlessness, truth, wisdom, zeal for learning
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Thoughts on Empathy and the Education of James Pelham
What is it I want to say about Empathy? So many things are running through my mind that I want to share with you, but mostly it is that I want you to understand that that is the end-goal of … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Home School
Tagged character, Charlotte Mason, education goals, empathy, integrity, narration
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‘Only Human’
“Wow! that was very thoughtful of you!” “Oh, it was nothing, I’m only Human.” “Way to see the potential consequences of your actions and choose to act differently.” “Oh, it was nothing. I’m purely Human.” “You planned an awesome party … Continue reading
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Tagged being human, celebrate, character, correction, integrity, zeal for learning
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To Be or not To Be
I am currently reading A Circle of Quiet, the first of Madeleine L’Engle’s Crosswicks Journals. She uses and discusses the word ‘ontology’ a lot in these writings, and it’s really making me a little crazy because, although I’ve looked up the definition … Continue reading
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Tagged character, Charlotte Mason, discipline, honesty, integrity, Madeleine L'Engle
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The hypocrisy of glorifying what you won’t imitate
My little status update from Facebook this morning: I think that most folks who honor and glory in the founders of this nation and their actions, would rather just do that, and not imitate those actions. We love those stories … Continue reading
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Tagged character, corruption, honesty, integrity, mindlessness, nobility, sentimentality, wisdom
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Lessons of Integrity from Fathers
For many years my two favorite literary dads have been Atticus Finch and Pa Ingalls. This year I was introduced to Charlie Moody in his son Ralph’s memoir titled Little Britches. I loved just about everything about this man as … Continue reading
Two Kinds of Hypocrites – Guest Post by Jack Pelham
The following was a post Jack made at a discussion forum this week. For a simple post in an ongoing discussion, I thought it made a pretty complete article on the subject. And so I present it to my friends … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Character
Tagged character, correction, corruption, honesty, integrity, truth
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Neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead
Often when there is a death, whether it is a well-known person or someone that my family or friends knew, I ponder what would that person have to say if they could come back and speak to us. Here we … Continue reading
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Tagged character, correction, truth
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Music, Tenacity and Life
James was having difficulty with a piece of music and told me that it was his least favorite and that he didn’t like it at all. To his chagrin, I assigned it for a third straight week. I told him … Continue reading
Inflated kings and peasants
James and I have read several stories this year (such as The Door in the Wall, Otto of the Silver Hand, The Little Duke, Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Joan of Arc) involving feudal times and the idea … Continue reading
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Tagged character, corruption, equal opportunity, feudalism, monarchy, Our Island Story, socialism
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