Structured Homeschooling Gets an A+

[ringil]

My (high school) kids are taking classical courses, such as Greek History and Greek Literature. They are reading the Iliad and the Odyssey, for example, as that is actually Greek Literature. Would it be better to read a modern author’s take on the Iliad, or to read the Iliad itself? Why are modern texts always better?

It’s excellent to study Classic philosophy, Medieval History, age appropriate Theology, etc., but to have all of the texts of your education be hundreds of years old would not provide an adequate comprehensive education.

If students are interested in obtaining a fine education at a Catholic Institution, perhaps they should check US News and World Reports Top Catholic Schools.

 

[HouseArrest]

It’s excellent to study Classic philosophy, Medieval History, age appropriate Theology, etc., but to have all of the texts of your education be hundreds of years old would not provide an adequate comprehensive education.

I didn’t see a specific list of top Catholic colleges on the US News and World Report top colleges site. Maybe I missed it. I did see Thomas Aquinas College on the liberal arts list and on the Princeton Review list.

I’m also looking at the syllabus for the four years at the Thomas Aquinas website and I am seeing several texts that are not hundreds of years old. There’s a big leap between Aristotle and Flannery O’Connor. Also, I imagine when studying older texts, discussion of current events would occur?

You didn’t answer a lot of my other questions. Is it that you personally don’t prefer that kind of an education? I don’t see where those schools are not recognized.