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George Grant

Educational Philosophy, Home Education
How to Move Forward

Let’s say you just realized something is wrong with your homeschool. Maybe you went to a conference. Maybe you read a blog post. Maybe you listened to a podcast. (Maybe you’re currently in Charlotte Mason Boot Camp, in which case you’ve already heard most of this.) No matter. The point is that you felt real conviction. For the sake of this conversation, we’re going to assume you’re right. There are times when we moms compare ourselves with others and think Continue Reading…
November 2, 2017
Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education
Becoming a Charlotte Mason Teacher in a Utilitarian World

The next couple posts in this series, as we finish things up, are going to be very practical. I plan to spend one post discussing all the possibilities, in light of what we’ve learned about the self-education engaged in by Miss Mason and her PNEU teachers. In the other post, I’ll share what I actually do, and how that changes with the seasons. Listen to this post as a podcast episode: But right now, before I talk about the practical, Continue Reading…
September 8, 2014
The Babel Paradigm

Last night Si and I snuggled up with a good book and a glass of sparkling white grape juice {seizure meds and the Real Stuff don’t mix} last night in order to wind up Mother’s Day weekend {which, for us, was also birthday and anniversary weekend}. It was a good end to a wonderful weekend. We read chapter eight {which is the first chapter of part three} entitled Back to Babel and it was fascinating. If you read America Alone, I Continue Reading…
May 10, 2010
Quotables: The Blood of the Moon

The Blood of the Moon: Understanding the Historic Struggle Between Islam and Western Civilization by George Grant Clearly the conflict between the Jews and the Muslims is not a question of borders or settlements or political self-determination. Thus, it cannot be solved by manipulating the political apparatus. It is an intractable spiritual problem. And it must be dealt with in spiritual terms… [snip] To approach the current East-West crisis in any other fashion is to invite disaster. {p. 102-103} When Continue Reading…
April 20, 2010