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Education Means Learning to Use Leisure Time Well

Education Means Learning to Use Leisure Time Well

A conversation about the low-tech philosophy of classical education

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Jan 28, 2025
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Me (left) and Anne-Kathleen at leisure in 2017 (photo credit: my mom)

My childhood friend Anne-Kathleen Borushko tells a story about when her oldest child went to kindergarten. When he came home from school she asked him her favorite question: “What book did your teacher read to you today?”

But her son reported that his teacher hadn’t read a book. Instea…

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