SS #114: Well-Educated Daughters (with Rebekah Merkle!!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today is the one and only Rebekah Merkle. Rebekah has dabbled in a number of occupations ranging from running her own clothing label to designing fabrics to becoming a full-time high school humanities teacher (which is fitting, because she was a student in one of the founding classical Christian schools in the USA). Most importantly for today's discussion, Rebekah is the author of the book Eve in Exile, which Mystie and Brandy both read and recommend.
Today's chat with Rebekah Merkle is all about educating daughters ... and launching daughters. Do you want to value homemaking while still having a well-educated daughter? If so, this conversation is most definitely for you!
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Have you joined the Scholé Sistership yet? We recently began our newest Sophie Seminar, TechTonic! Together, we're reading our way around the screen time issue. The discussions so far have been great! The goal of this seminar is for us all to be better equipped to make just judgments about this issue. After all, informed opinions are the only opinions worth having. It's not too late to join us! All you have to do is head on over to scholesisters.com/join and sign up for the Sophie plan!
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| 0:00.0 | You know, the idea that, well, I'm going to be just a homemaker, so I'm just going to stay home |
| 0:06.6 | and help with the home chores. And I don't really want a degree because I'm not going to use it. |
| 0:12.7 | You know, that kind of thinking is still very prominent. |
| 0:17.5 | It's just my worst pet peeve. I'm sorry. That's why we had you on. There we go. I got to get your pet peeve going. |
| 0:32.6 | Welcome to Skalae Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn and grow |
| 0:38.7 | while she's helping her children learn and grow. Scalae Sisters is a casual conversation |
| 0:43.9 | about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches of classical homeschooling, who yearn for |
| 0:49.0 | something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done. I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. |
| 0:55.3 | You can come study Charlotte Mason with me over in the Charlotte Mason think tank. |
| 0:59.4 | Go to afterthoughts blog.net slash think tank to learn more. |
| 1:05.1 | My co-host today is Misty Winkler. |
| 1:08.2 | Misty is a homeschooling mama five, including one graduate. She writes and podcasts |
| 1:12.8 | at Simplyconvial.com and is the author of the Convivial Homeschool, now available on Amazon. |
| 1:20.0 | Our guest today is the one and only Rebecca Merkel. Rebecca has dabbled in a number of |
| 1:25.7 | occupations, ranging from running her own clothing label to designing fabrics to becoming a full-time high school humanities teacher, which is fitting because she was a student in one of the founding classical Christian schools in the USA. |
| 1:37.6 | Most importantly for today's discussion, Rebecca is the author of the book Eve in Exile, which Misty and I both read and recommend. |
| 1:46.7 | Have you joined the school A sister ship yet? |
| 1:49.4 | We recently began our newest Sophie seminar, Tectonic. |
| 1:53.1 | Together, we are reading our way around the screen time issue. |
| 1:56.7 | The discussions so far have been fantastic. |
| 1:59.7 | The goal of this seminar is for all of us to be better equipped to make just judgments |
| 2:03.7 | about this issue. |
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