A year ago, I ran into a quote from John Ruskin in Consider This by Karen Glass. I wrote it in my commonplace book. Today, when I started Awakening Wonder by Stephen Turley, I found the quote again and decided to share it with you. I love the alternating not merely. Education is not merely…
I have been reading Karen Glass’ book Consider This for quite a while now. I always seem to find exactly ideas at exactly the right time. Brandy, of course, has been blogging through The Liberal Arts Tradition and she’s in the middle of what I found to be the most difficult section on the Quadrivium. I…
Two that go together from Karen Glass in Consider This. “The proper nourishment for a living mind — the only thing which will allow the mind to reach its full potential is a diet of ideas … appetizing and varied …” pg 69 “Everything that a person learns becomes a part of himself, and as…
Karen Glass gets down to brass tacks in her chapter Choose You This Day, and the tacks fall right into place with what I considered about *revel* in February: Charlotte Mason’s conception of willing, or choosing, requires an object outside of self. No effort of choice is necessary to serve self–this we do naturally, and…
Karen Glass, in Consider This, traces the idea of literature – of grammar – in the Classical Tradition from the ancient Greeks through the Victorian age. Originally, the idea of literature had meant the necessity of reading in the Classical Languages in Latin and Greek. She shows how the idea of grammar evolved and changed…
Last week, I made the connection between Glass’ foundation of good principles with Mr. Darcy’s education. I might have done that a week too early as I noted in the comments to that post. This next chapter is all about humility being the first step to true education. Kelly reminded me recently that Andrew Kern…
I continue reading Karen Glass’ Consider This. This week, I read Chapters 2 and 3. Early in Chapter 2, Glass gives us a vision of how the answer to the question “what is man?” makes a huge impact on how we educate: If we answer the question “what is man?” with “man is a living…
Last week I shared how Classical Education drew me at least partially because of its historical, traditional nature. The Introduction of Karen Glass’ book Consider This takes a giant leap in disabusing me of that perception. It is not possible to fully understand classical education by looking at what they did in the past–perhaps the…
Well, I owe many of you an apology. I didn’t make it to any of your posts in the last week and this week has rolled around again. I know that was one of the best things Cindy did when she began and hosted WwW; comments and consideration of your ideas all around. I will…