Education
Marie Talks About Graduating Her Son From High School to UL
What is the Goal of Education?
Currently in some circles there is this "new" idea, that education should serve workforce development. In this approach, the primary role of education is to produce workers for the economy-- in essence, employees. Not surprisingly, these arguments generally come from the business community.
Such an approach appears to be insufficient. First of all, if we are engaged in workforce development, then what workers are we developing? For which job shall we train workers? There is a popular slide show claiming that today's graduate will hold 10 to 14 jobs by age 38. What will those jobs be? And even if we knew what they would be, we couldn't possibly train for that many jobs. For which of them should we train our workers?
Marie on the Joy of a Dangling Participle
Okay, so we’re sitting around talking, and two of my daughters are complaining about the way that their contemporaries use (or more properly, don’t use) the rules of grammar. They complained about dangling participles and ending sentences with prepositions…it was enough to make a homeschooling mother cry with joy on Mothers’ Day.
Are Colleges Too Liberal?
Recently, some conservative thinkers have taken up the criticism that our colleges are "too" liberal. How do colleges match up against influential conservative strongholds? And isn't it the very purpose of a good University to be liberal?
Marie's Blog: Textbooks, and Geometry
Marie continues with her insights about life & homeschooling.
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Teachers as Heroes
Teachers work against bureaucracies, the courts, parents, and a chronic lack of resources. Our teachers protect and teach the most important part of our community. Why don't we treat them like it?
Marie on Home School Tax Breaks, Science Textbooks
As attorney, mother, and home-schooler, Marie talks about home schooling and her life.
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