The first step to getting a good memory is to remember! Isn’t that helpful? No? Think of it this way: Have you ever had a friend that can raise only one eyebrow? Can you raise only one eyebrow? Have you ever tried? Do you hold one down, while moving your eyebrows to try to get […]
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Memory as a culture is even more important than memory as an individual. After all, as an individual, I will die. When I do, my memory will be gone as well. Unless I pass the things worth remembering onto my children and my children’s children, my memories will cease. Keeping memories alive from one generation
Many students start practicing the art of rhetoric before they’re really able to understand what it is. That’s okay. In fact, that’s how many of us learn. We first encounter a truth, play with it even, and then we start to understand it. In short, Rhetoric is communicating well. When we start studying the art
Logic is not a single year course. Well it is. But learning and mastering logic and the art of thinking and reasoning well takes time and practice. Logic is not often taught in school, but thanks to the surge of classical educators more and more home educators are taking on the challenge of teaching logic.
This past school year some Math Masters and I met weekly to solve a single riddle or problem together. This is how it worked: Math Masters received a weekly email which contained a single riddle or math problem Math Masters solved the riddle at home over the weekend, or on Monday morning Math Masters met
