SS #121: Barefoot in the Kitchen with the Ideal Type (featuring David Hicks!!!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Today's very special guest is David Hicks. Does the famed author of one of the bestest books EVER, Norms and Nobility, really need any further introduction? Well, what you may not know about him is that he spent thirty years of his life in private education, serving as head of school for a number of schools across the country, and culminating as Chief Academic Officer for Meritas LLC, which owned and operated private college prep schools around the globe. David and his brother Scot did an excellent translation of Marcus Aurelius called The Emperor's Handbook and are currently working together again on translating a series of Lives from Plutarch. David and his wife have four grown children and live off the grid on a ranch in the beautiful state of Montana.
Today's episode is sort of a dream come true for Mystie and Brandy as they have read and discussed David's book, Norms and Nobility, off and on since they were in their 20s. David was SUCH a joy to talk to and you going to be so blessed by this conversation.
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Have you joined the Scholé Sistership yet? In January, we kicked off our annual 5x5 Reading Challenge. It is 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 and in addition to a replay of our big kickoff webinar, you will get tons of accountability, book ideas, and support.
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| 0:00.0 | I can't even begin to say how profoundly respectful I am of parents who really do see themselves |
| 0:08.6 | as teachers, their children's teachers. |
| 0:10.5 | I think that was one of the, I mean, and I've worked in the school world all my life, |
| 0:13.9 | but I think one of the huge disservices to parents by schools and it's getting worse and worse |
| 0:19.5 | is that the schools don't treat parents and |
| 0:24.1 | and see them as teachers. You know, the teaching is what we do. You go, you feed them and put them |
| 0:30.5 | to bed. |
| 0:36.9 | Welcome to Scalae Sisters, the podcast for classical homeschooling mamas who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done. |
| 0:45.3 | Scalae Sisters discusses topics that matter to those of us who believe that educating ourselves through reading widely, thinking deeply, and applying faithfully, |
| 0:55.0 | equips us for the task of educating our children. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. |
| 1:01.0 | You can come study Charlotte Mason with me over in the Charlotte Mason think tank. |
| 1:06.0 | Go to afterthoughtsblog.net slash think tank to learn more. My co-host today is Misty Winkler. |
| 1:14.9 | Misty is a homeschooling mom of five, including two graduates. She writes and podcasts at simply |
| 1:20.2 | convivial.com and is the author of the convivial homeschool, now available on Amazon. |
| 1:27.6 | Our guest today is David Hicks. |
| 1:30.2 | Does the famed author of one of our favorite books ever, Norms and Nobility, really need |
| 1:35.8 | any further introduction? |
| 1:38.0 | Well, what you may not know about him is that he spent 30 years of his life in private |
| 1:43.4 | education, serving as head |
| 1:45.0 | of school for a number of schools across the country, and culminating as chief academic officer |
| 1:50.1 | from Meritas LLC, which owned and operated private college prep schools around the globe. |
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