“The question is not, — how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education — but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?”
_{― Charlotte Mason, School Education: Developing A Curriculum}

For years now I’ve had this quote on a note card hanging over my desk or tucked into a book as a reminder to myself every day of why I am spending all this time and effort to educate my kids myself instead of sending them off to school somewhere. I want them to not just have knowledge, but to know how to get more knowledge about any subject they want. I want them to have ideas, and really think and be able to connect their ideas and to find joy and excitement in their ideas. I want their lives to be full, so their education needs to be full as well. ❤ #MotivationMonday