One thing we are NOT doing is creating, refining or adding to their humanity or personhood. They are already persons. What God has created in them is there, regardless of what we do to it in the form of education. A formally educated person is not a better person, a more human person, than one without a formal education."
This is so profoundly put. I'm really enjoying this talk and look forward to reading your book! ❤️
I am really enjoying this series! I'm excited for the next installment! I'm a Byzantine Catholic reader and have appreciated your blog.
Right now I'm in the process of discerning school for my kids next year-- whether to bring them back home to "fully homeschool" again, or to continue to partake in the Charlotte Mason cottage school we have been using for the past two school years. I find that a lot of my internal guidelines for deciding are fear-based (can I give them "enough" at home with so many little ones around?? Is it right to "deprive" them of the great feast their current school offers?) Anyway, this post has helped me put some things back into perspective. Thank you :)
"What does it even mean, to educate an icon?
One thing we are NOT doing is creating, refining or adding to their humanity or personhood. They are already persons. What God has created in them is there, regardless of what we do to it in the form of education. A formally educated person is not a better person, a more human person, than one without a formal education."
This is so profoundly put. I'm really enjoying this talk and look forward to reading your book! ❤️
I am really enjoying this series! I'm excited for the next installment! I'm a Byzantine Catholic reader and have appreciated your blog.
Right now I'm in the process of discerning school for my kids next year-- whether to bring them back home to "fully homeschool" again, or to continue to partake in the Charlotte Mason cottage school we have been using for the past two school years. I find that a lot of my internal guidelines for deciding are fear-based (can I give them "enough" at home with so many little ones around?? Is it right to "deprive" them of the great feast their current school offers?) Anyway, this post has helped me put some things back into perspective. Thank you :)