tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post260882913447153460..comments2023-09-19T10:39:34.356-04:00Comments on ladydusk: Wednesdays with Words: Inculcating A Passion for Truthdawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987916970944867015noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post-44710010499112376572015-09-11T22:30:45.342-04:002015-09-11T22:30:45.342-04:00You're very welcome. I wrote another post last...You're very welcome. I wrote another post last week called <a href="http://ladydusk.blogspot.com/2015/09/revel-in-wonder.html" rel="nofollow">Revel in Wonder</a> or pinning other posts to my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/ladydusk/the-four-ws/" rel="nofollow">pinterest board</a> if you're interested in more.<br /><br />I, too, often lament the vast array of literature and the limited aount of time!dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987916970944867015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post-6940576478353390922015-09-11T22:24:18.689-04:002015-09-11T22:24:18.689-04:00Oh, this is fascinating. We've only taken spec...Oh, this is fascinating. We've only taken specialization to a level Mason wouldn't recognize. I love the idea that wonder feeds upon that vast feast we set before our students. Lovely. <br /><br />And, I'm ashamed to say, I've read very little Mason directly. Most everything is via bloggers and quoted portions. I'm working slowly through vol 6 so I'll keep my eyes out. Thanks!dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987916970944867015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post-28764256213646844972015-09-10T16:46:20.536-04:002015-09-10T16:46:20.536-04:00I just wanted to thank you for your post! I really...I just wanted to thank you for your post! I really enjoyed reading it. I loved reading your thoughts on Wonder! I have been working on writing what I want for my children. One thing is to be seekers of the truth! I definitely want them to go about because of their wonder and curiosity instead of being skeptical. I think also about what the Bible says about a lack of knowledge or ignorance. It has been described as deadly! My thoughts are going in several different directions but this post will definitely help me to be more precise in writing my mission statement for raising my children. It also encourages me to get back to reading more of Lewis's books so that I can read the one you read. Oh, so many books so little time!Mrs. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322392613057574842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post-68252786720106132372015-09-09T22:12:12.127-04:002015-09-09T22:12:12.127-04:00You may have read this already, but this is what C...You may have read this already, but this is what Charlotte Mason said of Darwin (Volume 6, pg 54) <br /><br />"We know how Darwin lost himself in science until he could not read poetry, find pleasure in pictures, think upon things divine; he was unable to turn his mind out of the course in which it had run for most of his life."<br /><br />Earlier she wrote that: "In matters of the mind again Habit is a good servant but a bad master. Specialisation, the fetish of the end of the last century, is to be deprecated because it is at our peril that we remain too long in any one field of thought."<br /><br />Interesting idea.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post-41961021419373431102015-09-09T17:06:37.523-04:002015-09-09T17:06:37.523-04:00I don't think I agree about Darwin. He was cu...I don't think I agree about Darwin. He was curious, yes, and perhaps wondered in the most basic sense (I wonder why such and so), but not the deeper sense of <i>Wonder</i> with awe and astonishment added in. <br /><br />Moving through the rest of the Ws is certainly the goal of the homeschool but not the public school and that is one of the big problems. dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987916970944867015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post-86873485406191296342015-09-09T06:27:54.021-04:002015-09-09T06:27:54.021-04:00This is great, Dawn! I've not read this one bu...This is great, Dawn! I've not read this one but I'm adding it to my list!<br /><br />I think more than our society ceasing to wonder, they forgot the SOURCE of wonder! Darwin certainly was wondering at the creatures he discovered but in his ignorance & rebellion, he let himself be the source of wonder instead of the great Creator. <br /><br />You're right- the schools have removed wonder but where they do have it, it's messed up bc it doesn't start or end either the 4 Ws.Tully Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128339420825324229noreply@blogger.com