Here’s just a quick book recommendation.  Though I don’t own it yet (wish I did), I  borrow it from my mom every time I visit her.  

Susan Wise Bauer, who with her mom wrote The Well-Trained Mind, outlines a vast literary curriculum, and shows the reader how to interpret the material like a scholar.  The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had is basically a manual for homeschooling yourself as an adult.  If you follow most of the book’s guidelines, it can provide you with the equivalent of a master’s degree, minus the diploma.  

I plan on one day actually finishing the book, along with all the reading.  Then I will be at ease around snooty intellectuals and hold my own at stuffy art galleries and cocktail parties.  I do dream big.

3 Responses to “a book for a well-read mind”

1. Jen T says:

   31 March 2009 at 3:45 pm

   I am sure you could hold your own anywhere Jaime! This looks awesome! Thanks for the recommendation! Your books are always great.
2. Elyse says:

   31 March 2009 at 10:27 pm

   What a great sounding book. Thanks for the recommendation!
3. Jeannetta says:

   24 August 2009 at 10:42 am

   “The Well Traind Mind” is what brought me to homeschooling, this book, coupled with that, will be MY education when my children are done; well, hopefully they won’t ever want to be DONE, but certainly when my nest is empty I have six years until my youngest goes on a mission, then my time will be my own.