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New article!

News/Updates

I’ve added a new article to the site, updated from one written long ago, The Still Progress of Growth.  I continue to be amazed at how similar my thinking today is to what it was over ten years ago.

The editing of the book manuscript is about 1/2 complete, and work is underway on the cover design.  I hope the next update will include the reveal of the finished book cover.

I will have the privilege of visiting Charlotte Mason’s home region in Ambleside, England this week for the first time.  How amazed she would be to know that her work goes on, and her ideas are appreciated and shared over 90 years after her death.

 

Thank you for you continued interest–I ‘m looking forward to sharing the finished book with you all.

 

Karen Glass

 

The Still Progress of Growth

Articles

Progress! It’s a modern word to match a modern concept. Observable, calculable, measurable, definable, quantifiable progress! We measure our economic progress from every conceivable angle–new housing starts, consumer confidence, and gross national product. We measure our technological progress–this model is faster, bigger, more powerful, multi-functional. We measure our scientific progress–we gather vast quantities of data, calculate percentages and ratios, and deliver our results as statistics and percentages. Wherever we are today, we know that progress is being made, and tomorrow or next week, or next year, we will be further along the road. Progress means that we are going somewhere! Continue reading The Still Progress of Growth →

News/Updates

Thanks to everyone who has already stopped by this work-in-progress to see what is going on.  I’m very pleased to have finally written the book I’ve had in mind for over ten years, and I hope it’s a better book because it’s had so long to simmer.

In the next few weeks, I expect to update the look of the website, share the actual cover design, and hopefully nail down a definite release date for the book.  In the meantime, I will gradually be adding content that might be of interest.  I’ve posted an article and a couple of reviews to begin with.

Thanks to all who have shown interest in Consider This–I am looking forward to hearing what you think!

Karen

Reviews

Kathy at Piney Woods Homeschool is another early reviewer!  Take a look.

In Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition, Karen Glass explains the choices facing all of us who have the responsibility of teaching children.  When we choose to present or not present certain topics, even more so when we choose to present topics in particular ways, we are making philosophical choices whether we know it or not.

Magnanimity

Articles

For a while, in 2002 and 2003, I published an “e-zine” called Magnanimity.  This slightly-edited article appeared in the first issue, to explain the name.  A dozen years later, I am astonished by two things–that I feel exactly the same way about education now as I did then, and that I feel equally in need of improving my own.

WHY “MAGNANIMITY” ?

Why call a newsletter by a name that’s difficult to pronounce and probably
hard to remember as well? The title was the suggestion of a friend and
associate, but it perfectly conveys the spirit behind this venture.
“Magnanimity” is composed of two roots. “Magna” means “great or large,” and
“animus” means “life” or “spirit.” Thus, “magnanimity” refers to a “large
spirit” or “greatness of life.” Continue reading Magnanimity →

Reviews

Silvia Cachia is a fast reader, making her one of the first to have a review to share.  I’m so pleased that she liked it.

Her book is concise, her writing to the point, yet it contains all we need to hear on the matter. One can appreciate in this text the many years of careful study and practicing Charlotte Mason principles, and of learning and reading about what the Classical Tradition was and what it means to us.

When will I be able to read the book?

News/Updates

Consider This is complete, but in the process of being edited before publishing.  If you would like to be notified when the publication date is released, feel free to subscribe to updates.