People often ask me why I decided to homeschool my children. The answer is simple in one way and endless in another. The simple answer is "Schoolschmertz" (loosely based on weltschmertz) - a free floating dissasisfaction with everything the schools were doing. There are several points of contention that stand out. One was when Kim came home one day with a list of "cliches". They were not cliches - they were aphorisms- they were not tired and hackneyed- they were timeless truths. This made me realize that kids these days are not learning the old standards - the stories that teach moral lessons in a fun way.
A child's education is not complete unless he has read "The Emperor's New Clothes" Apply the lessons of the story to the current controversy over evolution and motives become clear.
The Goose that laid the golden Egg should be required reading for anyone who wants to "Tax the wealthy"!
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