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Results of the balloon race

September 4, 2007 – 4:57 pm

Back in July, I took part in an internet balloon race. Entering Eternity released the balloons into the internet and all who were interested picked them up. September first, she gathered them all up to see whose balloons had traveled the furthest. And I won! Here are the results:
Third place: [...]

By Dana Hanley | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (2)

The danger of upholding "the good, the true and the beautiful" in education

September 4, 2007 – 2:57 am

In How it Should be Done, Rod Dreher (the Crunchy Con) shares his family’s path to education, from homeschooling, to disappointing private schools to the Providence Christian School. It isn’t just the academic rigor that attracted the Drehers, but its prohibition against…dare I call it socialization?
A small but telling example: Providence doesn’t allow [...]

By Dana Hanley | Posted in education, faith, homeschooling | Comments (4)

A couple of carnivals and beware of Quetchup

September 4, 2007 – 2:24 am

Given recent travel and computer issues, this is a bit late, but the Carnival of the Insanities is up. Actually, so is the next one. Things have been a bit insane around here. I don’t think I ever linked to the Carnival of Homeschooling, either, and the next one is going up [...]

By Dana Hanley | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)