freedom Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/freedom/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Tue, 04 Oct 2022 21:13:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 freedom Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/freedom/ 32 32 89931359 Learning through Freedom to Adventure https://doingwhatmatters.com/learning-through-freedom-to-adventure/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/learning-through-freedom-to-adventure/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:57:42 +0000 https://doingwhatmatters.com/?p=4338 What is education? Is it sitting in a classroom; watching video lessons; or reading stacks of books? Or is education the process of gaining knowledge through study and experience — learning through the freedom to adventure? For two boys in...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/learning-through-freedom-to-adventure/feed/ 0 4338 Two Poems and a March for Independence Day https://doingwhatmatters.com/two-poems-and-a-march-for-independence-day/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/two-poems-and-a-march-for-independence-day/#respond Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:34:31 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1452 In honor of United States of America’s Independence Day on the 4th of July, here are are two thought-provoking, classic poems, plus one of my all-time favorite marches. The first poem, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “A Nation’s Strength,” would make an excellent...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/two-poems-and-a-march-for-independence-day/feed/ 0 1452 Why You (Probably) Need a Summer Break https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-you-probably-need-a-summer-break/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-you-probably-need-a-summer-break/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:45:20 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1432 If your student is behind in a school subject and you are thinking of homeschooling through the summer break, please stop a moment. I’d like to share a few thoughts on homeschoolers doing summer school. Schooling through the summer may...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-you-probably-need-a-summer-break/feed/ 3 1432 What Does the Common Core Mean for Homeschoolers? https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-does-the-common-core-mean-for-homeschoolers/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-does-the-common-core-mean-for-homeschoolers/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:24:25 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1102 Common Core Standards are a cause for concern. The CCS promise to nationalize mediocrity and increase control over every aspect of K-12 education, and ultimately over every citizen. Here are articles and resources to help you learn more, including an alphabetical list of state groups opposing CCS.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/7-reasons-keep-your-business-small/feed/ 0 408 Quotes About Liberty and Entrepreneurship https://doingwhatmatters.com/liberty-and-entrepreneurship-quotes/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/liberty-and-entrepreneurship-quotes/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:07:37 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=101 In the month of July, I always stop to give thanks for the amount of liberty we enjoy as citizens of the USA. Liberty isn’t license — it’s the freedom to make moral choices and do what we believe to...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/liberty-and-entrepreneurship-quotes/feed/ 2 101 Thankful Thoughts on Freedom, Homeschool, and Writing in England https://doingwhatmatters.com/freedom-homeschool-and-writing-in-england/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/freedom-homeschool-and-writing-in-england/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:26:21 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=300 Dear Readers, I sometimes come upon a thought so well expressed that I just have to share it! Today’s guest post on freedom, homeschool, and writing was the editor’s letter from a Writing-World.com newsletter, and it’s reprinted here with the kind...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/freedom-homeschool-and-writing-in-england/feed/ 6 1817 Veteran’s Day 2009- Thoughts on Liberty https://doingwhatmatters.com/veterans-day-2009-thoughts-on-liberty/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/veterans-day-2009-thoughts-on-liberty/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:50:02 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=281 On this Veteran’s Day, I’m thankful for those who have borne the burden of preserving the freedoms we enjoy. We have an amazing heritage! Here are a few of my favorite quotes on the subject. Benjamin Franklin “They that can...

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