You're listening to Skalais Sisters, episode number 77.

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

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 boxes

and getting it all done.

I'm your host, Brandy Ventel.

You can find me over at afterthoughtsblog.net, spreading my Charlotte Mason

Joy through blog posts, study guides, audios, and more. My co-hosts today are Pam Farnhill,

Misty Winkler, and Abby Wall. Pam is a speaker, podcaster, blogger at pambarnhill.com,

and author of two fabulous books,

Better Together, and Plan Your Year.

Misty is a second-generation homeschooler with five kids and too many projects.

With her blog, podcast, and membership, she helps you organize your attitude so you can organize your life.

Find her over at simplyconvial.com.

As Misty recently left Instagram, this podcast is one of the only public places she can still be found.

Abby is basically the queen of the Schole Sisters Sistership. Abby is a country-living farmer, rancher, a loving wife and mom five, who homeschools and reads whenever she can.

Registration is now open for this year's online local retreats, which is coming up on Saturday, October 10th. The theme of this year's retreat is Loving Well, and our guest speaker is Karen Glass.

This is going to be a wonderful time in which we deeply explore the topic of love as it relates to homeschooling,

mothering, and continuing our own educations.

Go to scoleysisters.com slash love to register.

Today's discussion centers on the differences between communities and networks,

as spelled out by John Taylor Gatto in his wonderful little book, Dumbing Us Down.

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