Author Archives: Kay Pelham

Dear Politicians (of “both” parties)

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Kay Pelham

Guest Post by Jack Pelham Dear Politicians (of “both” parties)— Imagine that your rhetoric were all going on the record, and that you’d be held completely accountable for it someday by someone with complete authority to put you where you … Continue reading →

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History and Political Games: A Glimpse into the Education of James Pelham

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Kay Pelham

On 30 January 1939 — the sixth anniversary of his coming to power — Hitler told the Reichstag that in order to feed its population, Germany would need Lebensraum — living space. He then called Czechoslovakia to reduce the size … Continue reading →

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Defending Jane

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Kay Pelham

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Hardly a “once upon a time there was a girl who…” opening. The reader of Jane Austen’s … Continue reading →

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For the Delight of It

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Kay Pelham

As many of my friends have learned, my son fills up restaurant napkins (and this Thanksgiving, his napkin at our hosts’ table) with his math wonderings. We’ve had servers and bussers at a couple of our often-visited restaurants recently say, … Continue reading →

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You Gotta Have Heart

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Kay Pelham

This is a bit of a Part 2 to my previous post of a few minutes ago. In that post I made reference to C.S. Lewis’ Abolition of Man, and the first chapter “Men Without Chests”.  Over the past 3 … Continue reading →

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Education and The Ordering of the Affections

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Kay Pelham

I have been homeschooling my now 16 year old son from birth. Our homeschooling has involved a lot of reading out loud. Interestingly, although I’m not a nature and sciency kind of person, some of my favorite things to read … Continue reading →

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Look and See: The Study of “Science”

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Kay Pelham

This will be my attempt in the true meaning of Essay to explain what I have learned over these 16 years about Science and the teaching of it. I will be sharing in some kind of orderly fashion many ideas … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: James Pelham, age 16, on Thinking (or not)

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Kay Pelham

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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Thoughts on Empathy and the Education of James Pelham

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Kay 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 →

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Towards a Philosophy of Remembering

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Kay Pelham

I wrote here about the value of remembering and my own failure to have as much written on my heart as I think I should. My friend Cindy is a big proponent of Remembering. In her “Morning Time for Moms” … Continue reading →

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