Core Phase as the foundation

In Thomas Jefferson Education people talk about Core phase all the time. It is the time of life we learn our values, our virtues, our morality and core beliefs. The lessons of core are Good vs. bad, right vs. wrong, True Vs. False. It is in essence the foundational phase of a superb leadership education.
Here is a quote I found on foundations and I think it applies to our Leadership Education.

"Foundations do not typically contribute to the architectural aesthetics of a building. Yet, without suitable foundations, a building will not function effectively, will be unsafe and its architectural merits will rapidly fade"

Core phase is the ultimate foundation.

This one makes me laugh....

Theodore Roosevelt Quote

A great quote I just read and had to share.
Theodore Roosevelt said "It is not the critic that counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again-because there is not effort without error and shortcomings-but he who does actually strive to do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause. Who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievements and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat"
I am in tears.

Core Phase... Relax

Just to tell all 4 people who read my blog, I am going to write a paper on what Core Phase is to me. I have also decided that as I go along and come up with ideas I will post them here for your feed back.
I wrote an email to a Yahoo! group I belong to about core phase and a friend of mine wrote in saying you need to RELAX. The fact that she capitalized the words caught my attention so I came up with an acronym. What can I say I'm a sucker for acronyms.
We need to RELAX in core phase
R - Read to your kids in all phases, Core, Love of Learning, and Scholar
E - Example we need to behave the way we want our kids to behave
L - Laugh with your kids. There is a ton of studies on how laughing and having fun can reduce stress and lessen a stressful situation so better learning can happen.
A - Attitude have a good attitude about how you are being have an attitude of Joy
X - Explain things, explain what is good, true, and right. Be the sounding board of explanation.

I would honestly like to know what you think. If you have a comment please leave one.

Where do you want to go?

"Cheshire Cat, would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"

"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.

"I don't much care where----" said Alice.

"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.

"---so long as I get somewhere," Alice added as an explanation.

"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."

This year I have decided to focus on our Core Phase (look on the Right hand side of page). We will be structuring time not content and will be inspiring not requiring this year. I really think we have neglected this side of development and I am going to honour the natural phases of leadership education this year.
I feel like I know where I am going. I have a direction and it feels good.
I am not going to go back to school. Part of my mission is to be a mother and after the incredibly stressful year we just came through I have decided to focus mainly on my family and being a mom, we need to heal.
I have given myself some assignments though. I am going to look very deeply into Core phase and write on my findings and share them hear. If you are interested. If not that is fine to.
It will be the year of honouring senses, and following my intuition regardless of others thoughts of uncomfortableness. (is that a word.) (Thats why this is Redneck Liber).
I am feeling confident in a humble out of the box way.

Laziness Gene

I knew it wasn't my fault.....

The Call

I am going to take a plunge. I am feeling the call. Has anyone here heard of the Hero cycle. Joseph Cambell has studied mythology and has drawn the diagram as above he calls the Hero Cycle. Its not quite as I learned it but its close. He has written a book called the hero of a thousand faces.
I am about to embark on an adventure of my own. I am feeling the call to go back to school. How very exciting. I will be taking distance study classes, one at a time because keep in mind I still have 6 children that I home school. I am on the 10 year plan to a bachelors degree. It will probably take that long but I feel it needs to be done. The thought keeps me up at night. I want to study the humanities, Philosophy, History, Literature, Art, Music, and yes I guess Math. I guess because math is truth math is beautiful. I need to search more to find the beauty in Math.
I will be starting this fall, and away I go.
Dr Demille of George Wythe College teaches the hero cycle slightly differently, but the call and roadblocks are still the same. Needing a mentor, knowing your Tests, Traps, and trials. This can be the path to success.
But the Call is coming in loud and clear. I will answer or I will stay on the path to mediocrity.


Just an update on August 18 I have decided not to go back this year. It is a right thing for me to do but not a right now thing... Odd but true...