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Episode 38 - Why House in Upper School? from 2019-05-02T10:00:11
One of the most unique feature of HRA's program is the organization of Upper School students into Houses. So what's the deal with that, anyway? Find out on this episode of HRA Podagogy! Thanks to A...
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Episode 37 - Why Is Upper School So Different from Primary and Lower School? from 2019-04-25T10:00:03
There's a noticeable difference in how upper school students are governed when compared to the younger divisions of HRA. Ever wonder why this is the case? Good news - you'll find the answers you se...
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Episode 36 - Why Do Boys Hold Doors (and Other Gender-Specific Behaviors)? from 2019-04-18T10:00:09
Administration and faculty at HRA spend quite a bit of time making things look, well, traditional around the school - particularly when it comes to customs like boys holding doors, ladies going fir...
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Episode 35 - Sports at HRA from 2019-04-11T10:00:06
Sports at HRA? So glad you asked! Thanks to Ask Anything for our theme, Appalachian Coal Mines. The song is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You can find more ...
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Episode 34 - Why do our Seniors take Senior thesis? from 2019-04-04T10:00:16
Senior thesis. HRA students work toward their senior thesis as a capstone on all their work at the school and particularly so for our seniors. So what is that all about? And why? And is...
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Episode AFD - Why So Many Beards? from 2019-04-01T10:30:12
Highland Rim Academy's male faculty is blessed with a preponderance of rich & healthy facial follicles. Is this a happy accident of Providence or something more intentional? Find out on this ve...
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Episode 33 - What About Standardized Tests? from 2019-03-28T10:00:09
It seems that people either believe standardized tests are: (1) The most important part of the educational year. or (2) Everything wrong with the modern educational project. Which is the correct co...
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Episode 32 - Why Reading to Your Child Is So Important (with special guest Jamie Sullivan) from 2019-03-21T10:00:04
Yeah, yeah, yeah - we've heard it all before: Read to your kids, it's soooo important! But, for real, how important can it really be? Press play on Episode 32 of HRA Podagogy! Th...
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Episode 31 - Why So Much Shakespeare? from 2019-03-07T11:00:01
Students at HRA get a lot of William Shakespeare during their time at HRA - in quotes, in reading, in watching, in acting. Have you ever wondered why? Find out in this episode of HRA Podagogy! Than...
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Episode 30 - What is the Pre-Logic Stage? from 2019-03-01T11:00
Does this sound like any children you've met? The Pert age, which follows upon this (and, naturally, overlaps it to some extent), is characterized by contradicting, answering back, liking to "catch...
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Episode 29 - Why Is This So *Difficult*? from 2019-02-21T11:00:04
We're diverting a bit from the planned Episode 29 mentioned at the end of our last episode to look at an important topic: Why is a Classical Christian Education at HRA so Difficult? Hit that downlo...
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Episode 28 - Alumni Discussion (Part 2) from 2019-02-14T11:00:03
This week we're continuing (and finishing up) the conversation that began last week with a crop of HRA's finest! These guys and gals are sharp and you'll find out even more about what it means to l...
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Episode 27 - Alumni Discussion (Part 1) from 2019-02-07T11:00
What's it like to come out on the far side of an HRA education and look back on your time in the school? What do our graduates value about their education at Highland Rim? What about criticis...
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Episode 26 - About College and Entrance Exams from 2019-01-31T11:00:10
College isn't the only route into a God-glorifying future but we know it will be one of the routes chosen by graduates of HRA. With that in mind we wanted to spend some time talking about college i...
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Episode 25 - Why School Uniforms? from 2019-01-24T11:00:03
Have you ever wondered why Highland Rim Academy makes use of a school dress code? Turns out there is a method to the madness! Tune in to this episode of HRA Podagogy to find out why. Thanks to Ask ...
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Episode 24 - Boys and Classical Christian Education from 2019-01-17T11:00:01
Boys, it appears, struggle in school in a way girls don't. Why is that? Can anything be done? How does Classical Christian Education address this issue? Find out on this episode of HRA Podagogy! &n...
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Episode 23 - When Your Eighth Grader Wants to Leave from 2019-01-11T13:35:57
The odds are it'll happen at some point. Maybe its when your student is in eight grade, maybe it is sooner or maybe it is later. Still, it's likely to happen sometime. So what do you do? ...
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Episode 22 - Why Twelve Years of Music? from 2018-12-07T11:00:09
You think eight years of Latin in a long stretch? Try twelve years of music! So why does HRA major on... major and minor chords... music for so much of a student's time in the program? ...
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Episode 21 - Why Eight Years of Latin? from 2018-11-30T11:00:01
Latin. Eight years of it. Eight. years. And it seems like that is spent on chanting and in homework. So, for real, why the better part of a decade on a dead language? Find out in this episode!
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Episode 20 - Why Pagan Myths? from 2018-11-16T11:00
Why does HRA spend so much time reading stories, poems, and books written by pagans. Doesn't that sound like something a Christian school wouldn't do? I mean, aren't those texts, well, pagan?...
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Episode 19 - Why Should Young Children Read Fairy Tales? from 2018-11-08T11:00:04
Fairy tales, as originally written, are some grisly stuff. So why does HRA intentionally have young children read these stories? Spoiler alert: it has something to do with the vital work of f...
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Episode 18 - Why Western Culture? [Updated] from 2018-11-01T11:03:04
The history of mankind has produced a variety of cultures, each reflecting both the beauty of the God in whose image its members is made but also the wickedness inherited from our first parents. So...
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Episode 17 - Why Truth, Goodness, and Beauty? from 2018-10-25T10:00:10
"Truth, Goodness, and Beauty" - that's a triplet that is heard often in the halls of Highland Rim Academy. What gives? Is this a faculty catchphrase? Does administration use it to hypnotize n...
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Episode 16 - Why the Not-So Great Books? from 2018-10-18T10:00:01
Ok, so Highland Rim focuses on Great Books (see Episode 15). You get that part. But wait a minute. The Quran Mein Kampf The Communist Manifesto Why are those books on the reading ...
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Episode 15 - Why Great Books? from 2018-09-27T10:00:10
Highland Rim Academy is a great books school. Okay... but what does that mean. What are (the?) great books? Who decided? Are there more coming in the future? Press play on this episode ...
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Episode 14 - Why Creeds, Confessions, and Catechism? from 2018-09-20T10:00:12
Have you ever asked yourself any of the following questions: Why does HRA have students memorize the confessions, creeds, and catechisms of the Christian faith?Is this just some kind of strange Cla...
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Episode 13 - Why Physical Education? from 2018-09-14T10:00:04
Highland Rim Academy doesn't play around when it comes to Physical Education. Have you ever wondered why they take such a demanding approach to a program that has been minimized (if not compl...
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Episode 12 - Why Memorization? from 2018-09-06T11:00:02
HRA has students memorize a lot of stuff. A lot. Why? Is this an example of the dreaded drill-em-and-kill-em approach that progressive educators have warned against for the last centur...
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Episode 11 - Why Hermeneutics? from 2018-08-30T11:00:05
Herman Newticks? Don't believe I've ever met him. Heremeneutics isn't a word lots of people meet in their daily conversations. However, HRA requires students to study the subject? Why i...
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Episode 10: Why So Much Homework from 2018-08-23T11:00
Nota bene: Yes, we realize there isn't an Episode 9... yet. Stay tuned! Week 4 of the school year and we're already up to our ears in homework. Students (and Parents!) want to know: Why...
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Episode 8: Why do we emphasize the Socratic Method? from 2018-08-09T12:00:07
This week HRA's Podagogy gets into the time-tested teaching strategy known as the Socratic Method. This style of teaching fills Highland Rim Academy classrooms so people want to know: What is the S...
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Episode 7: Why Latin? from 2018-08-02T13:17:13
"Latin is not dead. It is immortal." Find out in this episode why HRA is committed to teaching the language that ruled The West fora thousand years. Thanks to Ask Anything for our theme, Appa...
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Episode 6: Classical Me, Classical Thee Book Discussion from 2018-07-26T11:42:38
In this episode Upper School Department Head Terry Gant joins Mr. Duncan and Mrs. Wright to discuss Classical Me, Classical Thee: Squander Not Thy Education by Rebekah Merkle. Thanks to Ask Anythin...
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Episode 5: Why *This* Vision? (HRA 101) from 2018-07-16T18:42:40
Highland Rim Academy seeks to graduate young men and women, transformed by the gospel and sharpened by rigorous academic pursuit, for the purpose of cultural reformation and a life of servant leade...
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Episode 4: Why HRA? (HRA 101) from 2018-07-16T18:42:28
This episode is for current as well as any prospective families as Mr. Duncan and Mrs. Wright explain some of the fundamentals about how Highland Rim Academy operates, share it's 11 year history, a...
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Episode 3: Why Classical Education? (HRA 101) from 2018-07-16T18:42:16
Most Highland Rim families seek enrollment with the desire to have their children in a Christian school. But what is the classical model and how does it fit with the goal of Christian discipleship ...
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Episode 2: Why Christian Education? (HRA 101) from 2018-07-16T18:42:03
Join Mr. Duncan and Mrs. Wright as they discuss the imperative of a distinctively Christian education as a key component in the discipleship of our children. Thanks to Ask Anything for our theme, A...
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Episode 1: Classical Christian Education Vocabulary (HRA 101) from 2018-07-16T18:41:49
Trivium? Omnibus? Riggs? ACCS? This episode breaks down what sometimes feels like a foreign language spoken in the hallways of Highland Rim Academy. Join Mr. Duncan and Mrs. Wright as they be...
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