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Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

SS #103: Becoming More Human (How Could You Say Such Things?)

Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

Brandy Vencel

Kids & Family, Parenting, Education

4.7540 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, Brandy, Pam, Mystie, and Abby discuss the idea that classical education "makes you more human." Depending on what you think this means, the phrase can come off as offensive, in conflict with Charlotte Mason's assertion that children are born persons, and more. Because of this, they're taking a deep dive into what this really means and why they think it matters.

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Do you want to enhance your reading? We've still got some copies of our 5x5 challenge reading journal in the shop! The Scholé Sisters 5x5 Journal helps you read, review, understand, and assess. It is designed to help you go deeper in your reading and thinking. Stop waiting for the right time or pen or month! The time is now — start building habits of thinking and cultivate your intellectual life. Go to scholesisters.com/journal and get your copy today.

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0:00.0

Don't you remember getting lots of indoctrination about how CFCs were going to kill all the ozone and wasting water?

0:10.2

You had to turn it off when you were brushing your teeth because I remember that.

0:13.9

Well, okay, but that made you feel bad about existing.

0:16.8

Yeah.

0:19.1

That's the thing.

0:22.1

So if you were going to be sorry, you had to be sorry that you were human because then you existed and you polluted.

0:28.2

But you didn't have to be sorry for anything you actually did.

0:51.4

Yeah. Welcome to Skalae Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow.

0:56.0

Scalae Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches of classical homeschooling, who yearn for something more than just checking

1:01.3

boxes and getting it all done. I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. You can find me over at the Charlotte

1:07.5

Mason Think Tank. Go to afterthoughtsb blog.net slash think tank to learn more.

1:14.5

My co-hosts today are Pam Barnhill, Misty Winkler, and Abby Wall. Pam is a speaker, podcaster,

1:23.1

blogger at Pam Barnhill.com, and author of two fabulous books, Better Together, and Plan Your Year.

1:30.3

Misty is a homeschooling mom of five, including one graduate. She writes and podcasts at simplyconvial.com

1:37.3

and is the author of The Convivial Homeschool, Gospel Encouragement for keeping your sanity while living and learning alongside your kids, now available on Amazon.

1:47.9

Abby is basically the queen of Descoli's sister ship.

1:51.5

Abby is a country-living farmer, rancher, a loving wife, and mom of five who homeschools and reads whenever she can.

2:00.0

Do you want to enhance your reading?

2:02.6

We've still got some copies of our 5x5 Challenge reading journal in our shop.

2:06.6

The Scholar Sisters 5x5 Reading Journal helps you read, review, understand, and assess.

2:13.6

It is designed to help you go deeper in your reading and thinking.

2:21.1

Stop waiting for the right time or write pen or right month.

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