Friends, this is just a quick post to inform anyone reading along with me that I’m discontinuing The Question Bookclub for the summer. I think that perhaps I jumped the gun a bit in terms of when I should read this one, and I have a lot of other bookish commitments that I need and want … [Read more…]
I’m going to be honest: chapter two, entitled “How the Dialectic Teaches Families To Wrestle,” scares me a little bit. I’m not at all sure I’m ready (or even capable, honestly) of doing the “wrestling” of which Leigh Bortins writes. I sometimes tease Steady Eddie about his practice of employing the Socratic method when he’s … [Read more…]
Well, I’m not sure this is the summer for me to host a bookclub. 🙂 I’ve been knee-deep in a painting/furniture finishing project for two days now, so I’ve only read the first chapter of The Question. Last week my children were involved in two vacation Bible schools simultaneously. (Note to self: think twice before … [Read more…]
This first chapter of The Question is a very basic but eloquent survey of the classical model of education, specifically the trivium. Leigh Bortins seamlessly explains the grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric phases of the trivium, using concrete examples. She does offer some slight criticisms of modern educational practices, but mostly she focuses on classical … [Read more…]
This year’s Homeschooling Mothers’ Bookclub selection is The Question by Leigh Bortins. We were a part of a Classical Conversations community during the 2012-2013 school year, and we’re seriously considering rejoining our community this upcoming school year. Even if we don’t join, though, I think The Question will be a good book for me to … [Read more…]
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