The rest of our week has been spent at Schola Academy, sponsored by Wes Callihan of Schola Tutorials. Wes is truly modeling a mentorship.
His academy is open to his present and past online students. Each day
he spends part of the morning talking about Church History. Now,
picture this! Wes is sitting on the steps of his house and 50 or
so kids (high school and older) are sitting on the lawn listening to
him tell fantastic stories from history. Occassionally, the kids
raise their hand to ask a question and Wes proceeds down that rabbit
trail. You know, rabbit trails ARE the point.
Yesterday
during the first hour he set the stage for the seven Ecumenical
Councils, telling story after story about Rome and the foundation it
laid for Christ's church. Since he did not make it to the first
council, he continued church history the next hour. In the
afternoons, he takes kids in small groups on walks and has them do some
orienteering and map skills. After dinner, he read a Wodehouse
short story around the campfire. Then, he begins to point out the
stars that each appear in the sky. Once it is dark, he uses his
beamer to point out constellations.
Today, we spent a few
hours hearing more about the second, third and fourth church council
and how they relate to us today. After our morning break, Wes
discussed the star charts in our packet so we will know more about the
constellations tonight.
Again, I believe it is important to not be "wooden" in our interpretation of mentoring. Even though this is not read, write and discuss, it is definitely education! And I'm proud to be a part of it.
Kerry
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