"St Augustine defines virtue as ordo amoris, the ordinate condition of the affections in which every object is accorded that kind of degree of love which is appropriate to it.11 Aristotle says that the aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought.12 When the age for reflective thought comes, the pupil who has been thus trained in 'ordinate affections' or 'just sentiments' will easily find the first principles in Ethics; but to the corrupt man they will never be visible at all and he can make no progress in that science.13 Plato before him had said the same. The little human animal will not at first have the right responses. It must be trained to feel pleasure, liking, disgust, and hatred at those things which really are pleasant, likeable, disgusting and hateful."

CS Lewis The Abolition of Man

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Busy, Book Sale, Babies, and Beginning Again

Last week was one of the busiest I have had in a long time: dentist, dermatologist, ball games, hair appointments. The best part of the week was visiting Anabella and Savanna so that Nathaniel and Vanessa could go out for a bit. They are the cutest little girls with the funniest personalities. Only Alex went with me and that made it even better for him because he finally got plenty of cuddling time without having to fight off Emily, Andrew and Benjamin.



Saturday we had 6 ballgames scheduled and they all got canceled because of snow. The snow stayed in the air rather than on the ground but it was bitterly cold and there is nothing like bitter cold to make me bitter. I had just started wearing sandals and it is against the grain to wear real shoes once the sandals are out.

With more free time than I expected on Saturday, I headed to the library book sale.  At the sale I ran into two friends, both older homeschool moms whom I know for a fact do not need any more books. We all 3 readily admitted this as we talked. We were able to talk without eye contact as we were searching the tables. This book buying is a disease but it appears to be dying out with those of us in our 50s.









(I also found Belloc's Richelieu to complement his Marie Antoinette which I own.)


This week I need to regain control of our school days. I need to make sure we have Morning Time which we only did once last week. This is always the danger point. Things start falling apart and the temptation is to just give in to defeat. The key to the habit of MT is to not let past failure keep you from picking up where you left off.


Posted by Cindy Rollins at 3/05/2013 09:35:00 AM
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3 comments:

  1. I'm the same, Cindy. I really, really dislike going back to shoes once I've broken out the sandals. I'm still waiting, though I did note that it is time to remove the residual toe-nail polish from last fall and get a new look. This will be our first spring without baseball, though we'll attend a game or two. We'll miss it for sure, but I plan to fill the time with countryside picnics and wildflower hunting.

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  2. lol - I'm 39 & I definitely don't need more books and yet I too was at our library sale on Saturday (& Sunday) and came home with 4 boxes of books (3 of those for a dollar a piece at the end of the sale :D ) I am amazed at what other people will pass over - I got so many gems - a Redwall book, a couple FIAR picture books, several AO titles etc. etc. :D I've got the disease and I don't really want it cured lol!

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  3. I'm moving so I'm trying to get rid of some of my books. I'm definitely trying not to buy them right now. The wildflower book looks so pretty though.

    I was sad when my boys finished with baseball last year. But my soon-to-be grandson is starting T-ball this spring so I suspect I have many more happy years of baseball games :)

    I appreciate your encouragement for MT. Just keep on keeping on.

    Joy

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