A couple nice quotes

This came in from the A Word A Day mailing list:

They know enough who know how to learn.
-Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918)

This sums up one of our main focuses as homeschoolers. It is fine that our daughters may learn a little history, how to read, some math and other topics. We are far more excited that our daughters are learning how to master topics on their own.


For example our oldest daught has been reading large selections from some of Miss (Judith Martin) Manners' books.

This is from Dan Galvin's Thought For The Day mailing list.

Manners are like the zero in arithmetic;
they may not be much in themselves, but
they are capable of adding a great deal
to the value of everything else.
-Freya Stark (1893 - 1993)
From the Bill Wagner Collection


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