Education Normal
Why homeschool? Out of convenience? A ghetto mentality? Out of disrespect for parochial eduction? Overprotective parenting? No, a better reason is outlined in this excellent post from Touchstone Magazine. Touchstone Archives: Education Normal
While the ultimate aim of education is to cultivate the souls of children toward godly virtue, a secondary but related end is the preservation of civilization. The foundations of our civilization, so long in their development, bought at such a high price, are being attacked in many quarters and are simply ignored or taken for granted in others. If we ignore the past, if we fail to grasp the invaluable and delicate gift we have received, if we fail to pass this love on to our children, then civilization itself is in jeopardy.
