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Mr. William C. Michael, OP

What Makes a Homeschool Program Sustainable? | Classical Liberal Arts Academy

In a follow-up to "How to Choose a Homeschool Curriculum," Mr. William C. Michael, O.P., headmaster of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy, expands on the question parents most need to ask about any homeschool program: can it actually be carried out by a real family in real circumstances?

Drawing on his years as a private school teacher and administrator, Mr. Michael explains why so many homeschool programs fail that test. Most sell the modern grade-level school model in a box and leave all the teaching, planning, grading and record keeping to the parent, usually the mother. He shows how "parents are the primary educators of their children" was taken out of its original context, and why the popular story that "everybody used to be homeschooled" doesn't hold up. He then describes the older schoolhouse and tutor model, with students working independently through well-designed texts at their own pace. That model is the foundation of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy.

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Mr. William C. Michael, OP

Mr. William C. Michael, OP

“The greater part of our penance consists in the recitation of the Divine Office.” 

Mr. William C. Michael, OP

This lecture provides a comprehensive study of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, Chapter 4, following the classical Studium Method. Students will examine Aristotle's foundational teaching on happiness (eudaimonia) as the supreme good that all human actions aim toward. The lecture explores the confusion about what happiness truly is, introduces Aristotle's methodological approach to ethical study, and emphasizes the importance of beginning from things known to us and moving toward deeper understanding. Special attention is given to the role of good character in ethical learning and the Hesiod quotation on wisdom and self-knowledge. This lesson is designed for high school students (ages 14-16) in the Classical Liberal Arts Academy's PHL-311 Classical Ethics course.

Mr. William C. Michael, O.P.

This lecture explains Aristotle’s teaching that moral virtue is known, formed, increased, and corrupted through pleasure and pain. Students will study why right education trains the soul to love what is good and hate what is evil, and why pleasure is especially dangerous when not governed by reason.

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Mr. William C. Michael, O.P.