Classical Education in the New World

For many years I have been working on creating a curriculum for home schooling my children. I never thought I would be implementing it on a larger scale such as this. As the head of education here in Lake Geneva I am in charge of only twenty four children, but everything I have is so different from what is in public schools that switching gears can be difficult. I have combine the classical education (grammar, logic, and rhetoric) with etiquette, Latin, Greek ans ASL, Bible study, character builders, and domestic living skills. Together with a couple other teachers we have created a test for to figure out where each child stands in each area, how they learn and how to continue from where they are. Personality and intelligence tests are done and each child is worked with by the community. Everyone here is a teacher, not just the adults. There is a lot of tutoring, mentoring, and individual attention. Children are not separated into age groups, they are placed in classes based on how developed they are in a given are and how they learn.

My Jordan is only four but is placed in a group with three other deaf children, two hearing children, one deaf and one hearing adult who are all visual/spacial and logical/mathematical developed. She is also for part of each day placed in a group with differing learning styles to learn problem solving and team work. All of the children are learning the same materials, but we have figured out how to play to each child's strongest abilities and build on their weaknesses. Parental involvement is key and thus far has not been a problem.

The old has passed away and a new era of American history is being created. While times are tough, the new nation of the American Republic of Independent Colonies is slowly coming into its own. Few lives have been lost, more because of the antiwar liberals on the opposing side. Our eleven states will soon be set free from United rule because their people are so against the loss of innocent lives, especially those of now former Americans. This civil war has torn a scar down the middle of the United States of America, but they are giving in so easily to the rebellion because there are so many divided families. We play to their belief system to gain freedom from their control.