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Volume 32 | No. 4 32 | No. Volume SUMMER 2014 GREENHOUSE Nurturing Home Education in North Carolina and Beyond In This Issue Understanding and Evaluating the Why Homeschool? World of Online Education Prioritizing Motherhood Guidance for Choosing a Cognitive The Freedom of Simplicity Ability Test What if the Art Teacher Taught Math? Remembering Fortitude: The Life and NORTH CAROLINIANS FOR HOME EDUCATION Methods of Charlotte Mason The Power of Gifts Enjoy a refreshing weekend with other homeschool mothers and get recharged for the new school year. And if that is not enough, it’s right on the beach! Shell Island Resort, Wrightsville Beach September 19-20, 2014 Space is limited so reserve your spot soon. For more information follow the link from the nche.com homepage. Sally Sarah Clarkson Clarkson Author, speaker, Sally’s oldest daughter, freelance writer, and director of speaker and founder of Mom Heart Ministry Storyformed.com. 2015 Thirty-First NCHE Annual Conference May 21-23, 2015 Mark your calendars! We have these speakers so far: J. Warner Wallace Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jessica Steve Lambert John Stonestreet Author of Thompson, Publisher of Fellow of the Chuck Colson Cold-Case Christianity Authors of Give Them Grace Five in a Row Center for Christian Worldview Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. — William Butler Yeats — About GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE (ISSN 2169-916X) is the periodical of North TABLE OF Carolinians for Home Education. It is a quarterly—four regular issues, plus a bonus graduate issue. It is mailed to subscribers and posted online. The name GREENHOUSE was chosen to represent CONTENTS the type of care homeschooling parents are able to give to their children. Children are lovingly “tended” in a protected and 2 Kevin’s Kluge: A First for Dr. Bradley: nurturing environment until they are sufficiently mature to go Addressing an Assembly of out and take a place of service in the world. Letters and articles Homeschoolers addressed to the GREENHOUSE become property of NCHE with full 6 The Freedom of Simplicity right to publication without further permission required. Ideas and opinions expressed in letters and articles do not necessarily 7 The Power of Gifts represent those of NCHE. 10 Expectation Is Premeditated Resentment ADVERTISING: The publication of advertising in the GREENHOUSE in no way expresses or implies endorsement by 12 Understanding and Evaluating the NCHE of products or services. World of Online Education DEADLINES (Received By) 16 Why Homeschool? Ads and Choosing a Cognitive Ability Test Issue Date Articles Announcements 18 Winter - Jan/Feb/Mar Nov 20 Dec 1 20 A Letter to Me — Circa 2009 Spring - Apr/May/Jun Feb 20 Mar 1 22 Remembering Fortitude: The Life and Summer - Jul/Aug/Sep May 20 Jun 1 Methods of Charlotte Mason Fall - Oct/Nov/Dec Aug 20 Sep 1 26 What if the Art Teacher Taught Math? GREENHOUSE Editor Debbie Mason . Charlotte 28 Prioritizing Motherhood (704) 541-5145 • email [email protected] 32 Surveying the Sites Published by: North Carolinians for Home Education 34 Scholarship Winners Announced PO Box 30243 • Raleigh, NC 27622 (919) 790-1100 • email [email protected] 35 Bulletin Board SUMMER | 2014 1 KEVIN’S KLUGE KEVIN’S A First for Dr. Bradley: Addressing an Assembly of Homeschoolers by Kevin McClain In May NCHE held its thirtieth annual conference in Winston-Salem. As I write this, I am still recovering from the whirlwind of the experience. The conference has been the cornerstone of the service NCHE provides the residents of North Carolina. The conference is a large-scale production, and there are many moving parts, from dozens of vendors and speakers, to hotels and buses and meals—not to mention technological complexities, such as registrations and recordings. The conference committee reviews the process each year, as it seeks ways to make things run more smoothly. Ultimately, I believe the event was a huge success! The conference has many goals, one of which is to make accessible to North Carolina residents speakers whose message resonates with the mission of NCHE and the spirit of parent-directed education. Some of these speakers are focused on educational methods; others are more focused on how the family understands and articulates its educational rights and responsibilities. The latter are more engaged in what I call public intellectualism—civil discourse about a wide range of social issues that inevitably employs moral and even 2 GREENHOUSE © North Carolinians for Home Education 2014 theological concepts and categories. that he was excited about homeschooling because of his This year NCHE was excited that Dr. Anthony Bradley own experiences in the college setting with students who of Kings College and the Acton Institute was one of our had been homeschooled. He recognized their humility, featured speakers. He delivered three talks, including their productivity and their heart of service. They seemed the Thursday keynote. In this article, I will briefly touch happy and ready to work at whatever was before them. upon some of the ideas that Dr. Bradley discussed. These characteristics stand out, and Dr. Bradley thanked However, I want to carefully note that we featured six the room for their faithfulness to their children and speakers including: Rachael Carman, Sean McDowell, Dr. their resistance to a culture that threatens to develop a Jeff Myers, Diana Waring generation of frustrated, and Todd Wilson. All of dysfunctional adults. these speakers were great Earlier in the day, I and delivered messages enjoyed Dr. Bradley’s talk which NCHE thinks are about social theory. He important. NCHE was spoke about two social excited to bring them to concepts: subsidiarity NC for the conference. and sphere sovereignty. The difference, however, These concepts emerged between Dr. Bradley and from Christendom the others is that Dr. during the turn of the Bradley has never spoken nineteenth century and at a homeschooling sought to challenge the conference. That fact prevailing view that alone is exciting for NCHE, Dr. Anthony Bradley and Kevin McClain. emerged following the as well as for him. It is exciting for NCHE because it means enlightenment and industrial revolution concerning the we are fulfilling our mission to serve NC families. One of capacity for humans to order society by way of a strong the ways we can do that is to introduce North Carolina state. While these two concepts are different, they are citizens to individuals who have unique perspectives typically seen as complementary. Subsidiarity is Catholic and platforms and whose ideas about society and public in origin; sphere sovereignty was developed by Protestants policies enrich our own. in the Netherlands. I encourage you, homeschooler, to Dr. Bradley delivered a fantastic keynote Thursday in understand and employ these two concepts. Dr. Bradley’s which he spoke about how our culture encourages children talk provided a good introduction. to be dissatisfied with the simple, productive and peaceful Of these two concepts, sphere sovereignty has had existence, that is God’s will for them. He asked us to think more influence on my thinking. Both concepts ultimately about I Thessalonians 4:11, “make it your ambition to lead argue that the state is a legitimate social entity, created a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work by God to help carry out God’s will, but one with a limited with your hands,” in contrast to our current culture. Sadly, role amongst the many existing legitimate entities, such our culture encourages everyone to seek self-aggrandizing as the church, the family, the market, the academy. The fame and glory, to be “awesome” and to feel discontent challenge is crafting social policies that acknowledge the when not being the center of attention. Dr. Bradley said diverse rights and responsibilities of these many social SUMMER | 2014 3 entities and which honors the boundaries between the a unique opportunity to hear Dr. Bradley and be introduced many social entities that exist. to his work. I am equally excited to hear that homeschooled It is important to note that these boundaries are not children have had a positive impression on Dr. Bradley air-tight. That is to say that the social theorists who employ and others who are publically and actively talking about the concept of sphere sovereignty argue that each entity social theories. has a unique power, and that power should be exercised For thirty years, NCHE has advocated for parent-directed in a way that acknowledges the rights and responsibilities education, and it is as important today as it has ever been of the other entity and that assists it in its duty. In other to consider how the vision of parent-directed education words, the state is responsible for leading citizens in the helps society flourish and helps prevent society from pursuit of public justice, and the family is to assist the state falling victim to its own cultural fads. Ultimately, parent- in its attempt to carry out this right and responsibility. directed education is a practice that empowers one of the Likewise, the family is responsible for forming the character smallest social units, a man and a woman and a small of the next generation, and the state is to assist the family group of siblings, to radically impact culture. It is a great as it seeks to carry out this right and responsibility. How do responsibility to rear the next generation. I’m thankful for these two entities work together to help fulfill each other’s the homeschooling leaders of the past who helped pave mission? How does this apply to families and education? the way, as well as Christian social theorists, who argued These are difficult questions, but working to answer these and advocated for a more robust understanding of how kinds of questions is work that is good.

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