CMP Review 2024-08-15

August 15, 2024

“I am, I ought, I can, I will.”

It’s right there on page 330 of Home Education.

“I am, I can, I ought, I will.”

It’s right there on page 29 of Towards a Philosophy of Education.

Something happened to the order of the verbs when a sentence from Home Education became the motto of the Parents’ Union School. But who changed it, and why?

In 1957, a graduate of the House of Education brought this question to the rest of the alumnae. Another graduate stepped up to answer. Not just any graduate, but the one who would become Charlotte Mason’s biographer.

We’ve been able to locate the article and transcribe it for you. Follow this link to read the 1957 question. And then keep reading to find Essex Cholmondeley’s answer.

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