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...would result from classical education.

 

Here's mine.

 

6yo DD: Mom, what will happen if, one day, I'm one of the most famous women in the world?

Me: We'll be really, really proud of you.

DD (dubiously): From the afterlife? Because most spirits don't remember anything about their former lives unless they drink animal blood.

 

(We just read Lupton & Morden's retelling of the Odyssey.)

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Dinner is becoming more like that here. Last night the conversation at dinner between ds9 and dd8 was about Cleopatra, her sisters, and her father. This lead into the discussion about Roman blood sports, Roman law and order and its associated punishments, and Julius Caeser's assassination.

 

Spaghettit bolognaise just doesn't look so tempting when your son and daughter are discussing blood sports, executions, assassinations etc...

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