RAISING THE BAR
The American education system is in a shambles with a cacophony of
voices saying we must do this or we must do that. “Repairing the Ruins”
that have been made of the great godly and educational heritage that once
prevailed will require parents, first and foremost, to reassume and
reassert that they and only they have the responsibility for the education
of their children. In Ancient Rome failing to do so was a serious crime.
Today, such thinking is foreign.
The catalog contains only books or products that we use and
whole-heartedly recommend. If it’s in here we stand behind it and
recommend it wholeheartedly. If it’s not, it may be something we would
not recommend or that we don’t know about. And if you don’t see something
you need, ask us; we may be able to get it for you.
We routinely hear that the pace and content are exceptionally
demanding. In fact, many have as their first reaction the question whether
children are capable of doing or reading at the levels advised herein.
Experience tells us several things. First, we must be careful not to set
our standards by organizations we have left--the government schools.
Neither keeping pace with them nor slightly exceeding them while spending
less time doing so is an appropriate measure of our success. Secondly, we
can learn much from history, specifically that children did study and
learn at levels comparable with what we now expect of them. With history
as a teacher, we see that our pace is not a new one but rather a recovery
of an old one. Third, and maybe most important, when children are
challenged and succeed, they love it. There is no greater joy to us than
to get feedback from people like you that your students love learning so
much that they don’t want to “put the book down.”
We welcome your suggestions. We are here to serve you.
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