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[SaintJude7]

Is there a release date set for Second Form Greek?

Blessings,
Jude

[SaintJude7]

Hi,

I just wanted to say bless you for realizing what your daughter needs. The world would be a very stifling place, if we all stayed on the same path.

Blessings,
Jude

[SaintJude7]

First of all, cut yourself some slack. If everyone is fed, clothed, and learning how to be civil, then you are doing better than a large segment of the population.

You may be in that toddler/baby phase for many years to come. Excellent. You will be amazed at what your children will learn...

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I have been digging through my stacks and can't seem to find my copy. Not being able to buy the student guide that goes with my teacher guide is a problem that I have run into quite often the last few years. I even suggested to customer service that when they upgrade to a new edition, perhaps they...

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Nancy Ann,

I really liked your description. I have always thought of it as the circus act where there are all those plates spinning on the tops of poles, and the performer runs back and forth, trying to keep them from falling. I used to be the mom who thought she could keep all those...

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It seems like libraries just aren't spending their dollars on classics anymore. There might be one unabridged and one abridged copy of something like Little Women and a whole shelf of series twaddle.

I think a good strategy is to have a list of books that you want to procure. (I put...

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Probably a good idea to keep in mind that, at the end of his life, Aquinas (although not retracting his works) received a revelation while celebrating Mass on the Feast of St. Nicholas that caused him to compare all his writings to straw.

Blessings,
Jude

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All Christians who lived in the first 1300 years A.D. did not read Dante. Dante's work is amazing. So much to take in. I enjoy reading Esolen's translation with the original Italian on the facing page and his endnotes. Didn't read it until I was over forty, when I already had a deep and abiding love...

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My view of "they all end up the same" is that they will all be equal in dignity and precious in the eyes of the Lord. (To be clear, I was not describing my own children as Kids A, B, C, and D, although I guess we have an even greater variety.) I hope that my children will maximize their potential,...

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Isn't it wonderful to live in a time and place where there are so many curriculum choices and learning styles available? The abilities and strengths of the autodidact and the planned/scheduled student may indeed be different, just as the abilities and strengths of the severely developmentally disabled...

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I think there is actually a good bit of wisdom in your friend's observation that they all end up in the same place, because we are so much more than quiz grades and transcripts. Sometimes we fool ourselves that we can control the outcome by controlling the curriculum. It's like the saying, "Want...

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Strunk & White, "The Elements of Style"

Blessings,
Jude

[SaintJude7]

The music does not always follow the theme of that week's enrichment.

Blessings,
Jude

[SaintJude7]

1) We do Latin every day. If there are no assigned exercises, there is vocabulary and grammar to review and books like Minimus or "First 1000 Words in Latin."
2) We don't play Latin games. (But we do play a lot of chess, Monopoly, Risk, cards, and Scrabble after assignments are done.)...

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So strange. When I checked it, the changes I made and saved earlier were not appearing. I did it again. If you can't get a private message through via forum, my email is the same as my User ID, only change the number to 5 instead of 7 (from when I only had 5 kids) and then tack on @mac.com
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