Cubed has been discharged from the hospital and is at home. In my view, she is doing very well, considering... Anyone who has had the old-fashioned "open" gallbladder procedure recalls that convalescence is much slower than for the endoscopic procedure, so Cubed will be using August to get back up to speed. She hopes to be blogging again soon, but "soon" has no date as yet. Many well-wishers have responded to her unexpected summer turn of events on and off line, and these have been greatly appreciated. //George Mason for Cubed
Recent Posts
- George Mason is Gone
- 14: Freud Visited America, But Didn’t Like It, And It Shows
- 13: Where Are The Government Schools Taking Us?
- Back On
- Three Steps Forward + Two Steps Backward
- Cubed Update
- A Message from Cubed
- My Apologies...
- 12: What Does the NEA Want?
- 11: Why Are We Leaning To The Left? Hint: It Wasn't Just Owen and Wright
History of American Education
- 1: Has American Education Become a "Fixer-Upper"?
- 2: The Death Spiral of American Education
- 3: The Role of the Reformation
- 4: The Role of the Romantic Era
- 5: More About the Role of the Romantic Era
- 6: The Three R's in the American Colonies - Reformation, Romanticism, and Reason
- 7: Horace Mann
- 8: Crossing Education's Rubicon with Horace Mann
- 9: Mann's Impossible Dream - "Abortion Inevitable"
- 10: America's Schools - Kidnapped By The Collectivists at Birth
- 11: Why Are We Leaning To The Left? Hint: It Wasn't Just Owen and Wright
- 12: What Does the NEA Want?
- 13: Where Are The Government Schools Taking Us?
Helpful Homeschooling Resources
- Powerful Minds
Objectivist Glenn Woiceshyn, with degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanical Engineering, became alarmed with the quality of education his (then) nine-year-old son was receiving, and began to homeschool him with two other fifth graders.
He was dissatisfied with the basic materials available to him, and began to create his own, which are now available to other homeschoolers. They can be seen at his website.
Strong Brains
Andrew Layman, Objectivist from Microsoft, has designed a website with about 500 books covering the essentials of an education in the arts and sciences.
The books are listed by topic (Sciences, Technologies, Arts) and by sequence from the most basic to the more specialized, and are of special interest to homeschooling parents and others interested in educating themselves or their children.
Schools
- Schools of Interest to Objectivists
Lisa VanDamme, former homeschooler and founder/Director of the VanDamme Academy of Laguna Hills, California, has published on educational matters in the Objective Standard and Capitalism Magazine, and has lectured at the Ayn Rand Institute.
Montessori Schools
The "Montessori Method" has been praised by Ayn Rand as epistemologically superior, and has been shown in many studies to live up to that praise. Maria Montessori, the first woman to graduate from an Italian medical school, originally designed her internationally famous program for youngsters between about three and six.
There is a "caveat" here, however; Montessori considered her achievement to be a "gift to the children of the world," and did not protect the integrity of the method or the materials by copyright or patents. As a result, anyone without any training whatsoever can fraudulantly label his or her establishment as a "Montessori school."
It is therefore very important when considering a Montessori school for a child to determine whether the teachers have been certified by a recognized Montessori organization such as the American Montessori Association, the International Montessori Association, etc.
CyberFamily
- Examining all ideas relevant to creating an America fulfilling the unkept promises of the Enlightenment. Focuses on current events, critical facts, and principles.
- Auxilliary to Brushfires of Freedom.
- Esthetic and cultural commentary auxiliary to Brushfires of Freedom and The New Enlightenment.
- Companion website to blog "Brushfires of Freedom". In-depth analyses of global topics and trends as they impact the USA, philosophical issues of critical importance to matters such as the War with Islam, and the internal cultural rot of America. Publishes 4 - 6 times a year for new material. Some authors are not Objectivists, but all provide very valuable materials.
- Eleanor offers materials concerning current events from all over the world, with her own unique take on these materials.
- (Cubed). Focuses on principles and facts behind the present collapse of American education, particularly in the K - 12 range, and presents what might be and ought to be in schools, from an Objectivist orientation.
November 2007
Emailing the President, Senators, Representatives
Some Mo' Florida Gators National Championships
- Tough 2007 for Ohio State University
- Basketball 2007 and 2006!!!!!!!!!!!
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Great to hear and looking forward to seeing her back in action!
Posted by: Jason Pappas | August 02, 2007 at 06:53 AM
George Mason,
Please give Cubed my well wishes for a rapid and complete recovery! Rest is the key, I'm sure. But I'll be looking forward to her quick return.
PS: And you take care of yourself. We need you, too!
Posted by: Always On Watch | August 02, 2007 at 07:31 AM
Glad to hear that Cubed is home. Tell her Grizzly Mama says 'Get Well Soon But Take Your Time!' Get lots of rest and thanks for this update.
Posted by: Monica-Philadelphia | August 02, 2007 at 10:04 PM