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Mon 4 May, 2009

Giving In To Senioritis – Extending Childhood Yet Again

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May is the month for students to look forward to graduation and the approach of the end of the year. The classroom tends to take on an air of spring lightheartedness mixed with impatience for summer vacation. As a student I actually enjoyed this time of year – when homework could be done outside and the monotony of book work cold be broken by games of frisbee or volleyball, or… Continue reading

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Fri 17 Apr, 2009

Teen Culture – a World of Their Own

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In my teaching and writing for the diocese, I very often warn parents against the isolated “teen culture.” The modern school system encourages adolescents to learn socialization from each other. I often declare, “I don’t know who thought that letting ignorant, unformed adolescents socialize each other was a good idea.” Yet, critics of homeschooling most often state “lack of socialization” as their reason for opposing homeschooling. Children who do not… Continue reading

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Wed 11 Feb, 2009

The Choice Between Cultural Indoctrination and Critical Thinking

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Fairytales and children’s books are often the targets of criticism by those who fear indoctrination from the Right or from the Left. The essay Children of the Left, Unite by Caleb Crain is a case in point. While Crain attacks such claims from the Right, he at the same time levels the same attacks on children’s books from the Left.

What caught my attention wasn’t the tired debate about… Continue reading

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Fri 14 Nov, 2008

Anti-bullying Law a Sign of Failure

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A state law against bullying may offer some measure of protection to our children. However, it will not get rid of bullying and it cannot teach potential bullies how to love instead of exploit others. Such a law may even be a sign of the failure of our society to embrace the family as the first school of love. We have become dependent on social institutions – from daycare to the school system – to raise our children for us. These institutions do not have the power of the family to teach virtue. Continue reading

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Fri 7 Nov, 2008

We Have Come Full Circle

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How did we get to the point where scientists can comment on areas of life not observable by science (such as God) and be embraced as experts? How did we get to the point where scientists assume that knowledge within the realm of science are matters of personal conviction rather than objective truth? How did we get to the point that “scientists” make assumptions about where human life begins, the side-effects of contraception, contraception and abortion as “women’s health,” in-vitro fertilization as the best option for infertile women, a biological genesis of homosexuality, etc. are made without scientific evidence? Then it occurred to me. Our culture is once again embracing “authority” as a source of truth. Continue reading

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