Category Archives: News

Apr. 5, 2013

Listening to Speakers

By Luke

This evening, and tomorrow, Sarita will be speaking at a homeschool convention in Ohio. I've had the opportunity to hear her encouraging messages before. Homeschooling--not to mention life--can be draining so it's nice to be reminded that the work we … Continue reading →

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Apr. 3, 2013

One Hundred and one years...

By Jill

This past week a friend of mine died at the age of one hundred and one years old. She was born in 1912; the same year the Titanic sank and New Mexico and Arizona became states.  Minnie, her husband and … Continue reading →

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Mar. 28, 2013

Why do people want their babies to be adults?

By Judy

This is one of my most favorite, but also most frustrating, times of year. Spring is just around the corner, our new catalog has just released, and people are beginning to emerge from their winter "slumber" to consider their curriculum … Continue reading →

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Mar. 27, 2013

Misery from the Belief in the Value of Education

By Luke

The group of us stood motionless, trapped in the concrete boots of chastisement. We had been a tad rowdy and the poor mother running the homeschool co-op music lesson had finally had enough. So she threw us out of class. … Continue reading →

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Mar. 26, 2013

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

By Karla

A few days ago I flew to Colorado to represent Sonlight at the Spring Curriculum Fair in Loveland. It was my first of six events for the season. I had been to the Loveland conference several other years, but this … Continue reading →

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Mar. 22, 2013

From Luke's Inbox: Sonlight and Sex and Swearing

By Luke

I just read the blog post Appalled that I bought utter filth & gave it to my children. She has daughters who are more sensitive than my high school/middle school boys, but this is still disconcerting. I ditch several books … Continue reading →

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Mar. 20, 2013

The Myth of a Standardized Education

By Luke

Her pale blue eyes burn icy cold as she recounts her latest test results. "They changed professors three days before the test. How does that make sense? It's good that they let the other professor go, he wasn't teaching us … Continue reading →

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