Season 2 Finale: Questions & Answers
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Here is a link to the standarized test that Susan recommended for students coming into classical education or homeschooling “late”:  California Achievement Test (CAT) (00:00) - Intro (00:55) - Reaction to WTM not being "classical enough"? (06:21) - How to teach several ages at once? (14:48) - Logistics of simultaneous at-home and in-school education (21:02) - How to keep the energy up after graduating kids? (28:16) - Confronting the decline of vocabulary (32:24) - How to transition from Kindergarten to 1st grade? (40:53) - How do handwriting and typing compare as learning tools? (45:08) - When should a "gifted" child start focusing more on special interests? (58:31) - Starting WTM "late"? (01:04:06) - Adding AP classes to rhetoric? (01:08:43) - Clarification from the burnout conversation (01:11:11) - Wrapping up
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