Leigh A. Bortins
Auteur de The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education
A propos de l'auteur
Leigh A. Bortins is the founder and CEO of Classical Conversations, Inc. and host of the weekly radio show, Leigh! for Lunch. She lectures about the importance of home education nationwide. She lives in West End, North Carolina.
Œuvres de Leigh A. Bortins
Essentials of the English Language (4th) Fourth Edition Classical Conversations (2007) 3 exemplaires
Tables, Squares & Cubes, Second Edition 3 exemplaires
O Essencial: Ensinando os Fundamentos da Educação Clássica ao seu Filho [paperback] Bortins, Leigh A. 1 exemplaire
Latin Workspace A 1 exemplaire
Classical Conversations 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Pays (pour la carte)
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA
- Études
- University of Michigan
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (DMin) - Professions
- aerospace engineer
- Organisations
- Classical Conversations
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 15
- Membres
- 879
- Popularité
- #29,123
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 15
- Langues
- 1
While I found the book informative and worth the read, I was surprised and disappointed at a couple of places. She included some stats comparing the number of engineers being produced in China compared to the U.S. While the numbers were much larger for China, they were proportionally the same as the U.S. when population was taken into account. Seeing how it was one of her arguments for why we need a classical education…
Another example that left me thinking I had been duped was at the end of a long narrative about how her family uses every day experiences to talk about science. At the end of a long day when her family was sleeping outside, her son supposedly awoke and said, "Look, Mom, the north star." She then writes, "I smiled as I looked to the north and saw the bright star…" Maybe her classical education has failed her at this point, or maybe the whole story was made up. The north star is hardly bright, even out in the country away from city lights.… (plus d'informations)