A very interesting read about how are society has changed its view of the printed word.
Audrey shared this link: http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2015/08/timeless-essays-when-books-die-all-at-once.html
A very interesting read about how are society has changed its view of the printed word.
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What I get most out of discussion groups is the chance to interact with other moms. Using webcams and chat boxes you can develop relationships. That was missing for me before I signed up for Classic Moms at Abigail Adams Academy the first time. In fact, that is the primary reason I joined. I had been trying to start a parents group locally, not even TJEd specific, just homeschooling. I couldn't get anyone interested to get together once a month to talk homeschooling.
Even though I'm in a populated area with lots of homeschoolers, I only connected in person with a few other moms. At homeschool events and classes for the kids, it was all about the kids and we didn't have a chance to talk. Or when we did, I still never felt like I could break into groups that had already formed. And non-homeschool moms just don't "get" us. I can't talk to moms who send their kids to public or private schools about my frustrations because they just say "put them in school". And I can't listen to their frustrations because I just want to say "pull them out of school." With a discussion group of homeschool moms we all get it. Some nights I don't feel like signing on when there is a discussion scheduled. Maybe I'm tired, or I didn't like the book, or don't feel like I understood it. But afterwards I am always so glad I got online. I laughed with friends. I cried with friends. I feel so energized again. And I always come away with insights on the book I never would have gotten with out that discussion. You can't get that from an article or a library book. My two cents. Janet For moms we offer these three levels:
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What does Shakespeare have to do with your business?
Need some motivation to study Shakespeare? Here's a look at why you might want to consult Shakespeare instead of the how-to-succeed-in-Business section of the bookstore.... http://www.intercollegiatereview.com/index.php/2015/07/06/the-business-book-every-student-should-read/ Audrey What do you do when the rug is pulled out from under you?
When the things that you hoped for are not going to happen, what do you do? What do you do when you are forced to see that the ideas that you believed in and had faith in are wrong. That your paradigm is wrong? From this book we see two reactions. Once gave up hope in all he knew and felt he could not live another moment – he quite. Another kept struggling and fighting to survive with hope, and yet when he gave up hope he died too. To have hope is what keeps us going when life and situations turns miserable for us. Finding ways to keep hope will help us get through the challenges we face. How do I develop better character?
In the story Jane Eyre, Jane develops her character through her experiences, relationships, and religion just as I do. In Jane’s case she believe that she had no family, no help in the world. In reading the story we see that she had several people who helped her learn and develop. As I read through this, I started to look at how my experiences helped me develop my character and also how I would like to develop my character. One of the great things about reading great books is that I can look at myself each time I finish a book and ask myself how I can use this book to change me. I can make deliberate choices to help me become the person that I would like to be. Where are my doors?
Reading this book has reminded me how often in my life a door has appeared in a wall that I thought surrounded me. When I look at my thoughts of what I wanted to be as a teen I find it fascinating that I have not done most of the things that are on my list because of situations that stood in my way. For a long period of my life I just sat next to the wall so to speak – I did not look for a door and had no hope of change. I just stewed. And the more I stewed the less real I became. I started to lose the character traits that I have valued about myself. I actually had to have someone show me the window for me to recognize it and see it but after that I began to grow again as a person. Finding the Door in the Wall helped set me free, and now I know that whenever there is a wall placed before me, that there is a way to get through that wall. One of the things that I have had to learn for myself that achievement is not becoming. The world focuses so much on titles, and abbreviations behind our name that it is so easy to measure your worth by the certificates you have. Yet all those certificates can be so hollow. I found instead that I had to learn first about allegiance and what allegiance looked like. I had to decide where my allegiance lied and how it would look if I were following my allegiance. That made all the difference for me. Once I determined my allegiance it was much easier to decide what character and skills I needed to start working on. It sounds so easy to declare your allegiance but I found that there were many areas on my life that needed to be adjusted. I had to spend time figuring out if I had allegiance to God/Good what did it look like. As I did this I discovered areas of weakness that were holding me back. These areas needed to be fixed in order to help me further develop my mission and vision.
I know that many people really enjoy this story by Jane Austen. I find that I struggle with this story because I don’t like how Anne was persuaded so easily away from marrying the man she wanted to marry. I had to spend some time thinking about when I am easily persuaded. When I was young it was very easy to persuade me. I wanted to do what was popular. When I was a teenager I wanted to do what I thought would be fun. Now I find that when I am easily persuaded to do something it is because I have forgotten who I am and what I want to do with my life. When I know who I am and what my goals are I can only be persuaded to do things that I already had on my list of things that I wanted or should do. The lesson for me in this book is to look at who I really want to become and make sure I don’t lose sight of that vision otherwise I might be persuaded to leave my course
I stay with this learning style because it is the one that I grow the most in. I can look back and see how far I have come as a person and know that I am a better person. It is not about the knowledge it is about me. I finished up my bachelor degree in 2014 and it was not really a big deal to me because I did not grow much personally. I read a lot of chapters and wrote a lot of papers but they did not change me much. Yet there are books that I have read that changed me completely and excited and encouraged me to stay on my path. Schooling makes me tired, Education makes me excited.
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