I am reading a chapter in a book called Crunchy Cons by Rod Dreher. The chapter is entitled Education, my husband thought I would enjoy it. It speaks mostly of homeschooling. He writes:
The ultimate point of all education is not to accumulate facts and technique, but to become virtuous - that is to discover how the knowledge we acquire ought to be applied. This is the difference between knowledge and wisdom. We are called to be wise.
I like this. I think his words and thoughts on this are true. It makes me think of the book of Proverbs. Although I want to educate my children about a number of things, mostly, I want to give them skills in order to put the needs of others first and treat them properly. I want their ways to be pure, nice and decent; comfortably exuding self-restraint and kindness.
3 comments:
thank you for this shot of encouragement, Anna. I love this explanation of virtue. ..good stuff.
Anna, your kids are so blessed to have such an amazing teacher! You are sucha a blessing!
Anna, Your children have such an amazing teacher! You are a blessing to so many. Love ya!
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