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    Online Critical Thinking Program

    for 6-12 Graders

    Taking Your Child's Ability to Ask Questions to the Next Level

    Socratic Dialogues on Freedom with Students from Different States

    Using Original Texts like The Magna Carta and The Federalist Papers

  • 5 Benefits for your Child

    1

    Learn to respectfully agree to disagree

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    Increase his/her academic understanding of Freedom

    3

    Learn to Think Critically

    4

    Dialogue with students from different States

    5

    Read classic texts on Freedom

    From the Magna Carta and Federalist Papers all the way to anti-freedom writings like the Communist Manifesto!

  • Parent Testimonials

    She looks forward to the conversations each week. I never need to remind her to attend.

     

    We have been in the program for roughly 6 months and from the beginning I could see the impact the discussions were having on our daughter. She looks forward to the conversations each week. I never need to remind her to attend. The format of being presented with ideas and openly discussing as a group has fostered a love of digging deeper into issues/matters that may otherwise be presented or introduced superficially.

     

    Highly recommend!

     

    Jacqueline (California Mom)

    Daniel is especially good at inspiring a space to opine freely but at the same time ask questions that challenge students.

     

    My two children enjoyed incredibly each session. They were engaged in the topics, they told be about the questions that were so acutely raised by Daniel... they felt heard, challenged, valued. It has been great for their minds and souls. They are now interested in a variety of subjects, capable of undertaking great in depth reflections.


    The panorama of readings is amazing. The selection Daniel does is of great level.

    Daniel is especially good at inspiring a very confident space to give opinions freely and at the same time to put questions that gently challenge their positions. He patiently guides the discussion in a geniuenly socratic way of examining assumptions and opening new aspects of each topic.

    Daniel's patience is impressive.

     

     

    Carolina (Argentinian Mom)

    My son feels like he can open up and dig into the issues because he knows people are liberty minded, even when they (politely) disagree

     

    My son feels like he can open up and dig into the issues because he knows people are liberty minded, even when they (politely) disagree. The topics have helped him focus his ideas, but also leave open how the past is related to present times and troubles. I highly recommend Socratic Kid as exploring the dialectic and rhetorical thought process assists in creating critical thinkers

     

    Kirstin (California Mom)

    These important discussions in the company of great peers have allowed our daughter to spread her intellectual wings

     

    Not only do the kids learn key information about foundational texts of Western Civilization, they do it with a group of well-grounded peers, under the guidance of a trusted adult mentor, yet free from parental interference. These important discussions in the company of great peers have allowed our daughter to spread her intellectual wings and gather the kind of spiritual strength she needs to become the kind of adult we hope for her to become.

     

    Missouri Parent

    Safe place to express different views

     

    It’s really nice to have a safe place to express different views with brilliant peers. Daniel’s calm way of guiding the Socratic discussions is exactly what my son craved.

     

    NYC Parent

    Bottom line, the best extracurricular program!

     

    The experience and exposure our daughter has gained through this interactive critical thinking program has been invaluable. It has given her topics of great importance to think of that are relevant in today’s uncertain times. Bottom line, the best extracurricular program!

     

     

    Tony Espinosa (Texas Father)

  • One Text Excerpt Per Week

    First Semester

    1

    Why is America Great?

     

    1. Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville

    2. United States Bill of Rights

    3. The Declaration of Independence

    4. The Magna Carta

    5. The Federalist Papers (10 & 51)

    2

    What is Economic Freedom?

    1. I Pencil by Leonard Read

    2. Free to Choose by Milton Friedman

    3. Manifiesto of the Communist Party by Marx and Engles

    4. 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

    3

    When Does Power Corrupt?

    1. 1984 by George Orwell

    2. The Diary of Anne Frank

    3. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

    4. The Prince by Machiavelli

    5. The Law by Bastiat

     

    4

    Is the US on the Road to Serfdom?

    1. The Invisible Hand by Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations)

    2. What is Money by Fréderic Bastiat

    3. The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek (Chapter 10)

    4. Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt

    5

    Can Religious Freedom Exist without Free Speech?

    1. The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    2. Prison Ministry by John MacArthur 2020

    3. First Amendment Ruling NYC 2020

    4. Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

    5. The Medium is the Message by Marshall McLuhan

    6

    What is Freedom of Thinking?

     

    1. Corn Pone Opinions by Mark Twain

    2. Animal Farm by George Orwell

    3. Plato's Allegory of the Cave

    4. Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

  • Second Semester

    1

    Whose Story is US History?

     

    1. Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address

    2. The American Story by Garet Grarrett (Right leaning perspective)

    3. A People's History of the US by Howard Zinn (Left leaning perspective)

    4. The 1619 Project (New York Times version of US History)

    2

    Do Supreme Court Decisions Impact Daily Life?

    1. Roe vs. Wade (1973) Abortion

    2. Abington School District vs. Schempp (1963) Bible in Public Schools

    3. Van Orden vs. Perry (2005) 10 Commandments in Public

    4. District of Columbia vs. Heller (2008) Gun Rights

    5. Alabama Association of Realtors vs.Dept. of Health and Human Services (2021) Property Rights

     

    3

    Is America a Racist and Socialist Country?

    1. White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

    2. How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi

    3. American Marxism by Mark Levin

    4. Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky

    5. Socialism or Barbarism by Rosa Luxemburg

     

    4

    Can the Economy Exist Without Politics?

    1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Great Depression)

    2. The Economic Consequences of Peace by John Maynard Keynes

    3. Mao's Little Red Book (On Capitalism, Socialism and WW3)

    4. Reaganomics (Ronald Reagan's Speeches on Taxes and Government)

    5

    Is the US a Democracy?

    1. Plato's Republic

    2. Apology by Plato (Socrate's Trial by Pure Democracy)

    3. Democracy or Republic, 8 Measures by Dinesh D'Souza

    4. The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    5. Two Treatises of Government by John Lock (Natural Rights)

    6

    Are Schools Dumbing Down Education?

     

    1. Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

    2. Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto

    3. Democracy and Education by John Dewey

    4. Their Finest Hour by Winston Churchill

     

  • OUR CORE VALUES

    Love for the USA

    Love of Our First Amendment

    Love of Our Constitution

    Respect for Disagreement

    Evidence Based Opinions

    Trust in Collaborative Learning

    Critical Thinking over Memorization

    Belief in the Importance of Strong Families

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