Education Is To Prepare You To Engage In Life with CEO of Classical Conversations Robert Bortins

Intro 

CEO of Classical Conversations is a job that Robert Bortins was born to do…literally.  Leigh Bortins dissatisfied with the education options she found as a new mom, decided first to homeschool her four sons, and then decided to develop her own curriculum, and Robert, her oldest son, was her first pupil. 

Robert has a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University in 2006. After graduating, he worked as a management trainee for UPS and as a plant engineer for Easy Gardener, a Jobes company. In 2011 he returned to the family business, Classical Conversations, Inc., to develop a marketing program. He was then appointed CEO of the family-owned company in 2012. In the years since Robert Bortins became CEO of Classical Conversations, the company has grown by 300 percent and has become the world’s largest classical homeschooling organization. 

Robert is a member of the board of directors of Homeschool Now USA, the Carolinas Rugby Union and the Clemson University Rugby Foundation Board. He is also a member of C12 Group, the largest professional development network of Christian CEOs and executives. Under Robert’s leadership, Classical Conversations has been named a Certified Best Christian Workplace by BCWI for four years in a row.  

Very Powerful, Convicting and Thought Provoking Takeaways 

1. You do not need to be a trained educator to teach your children; sometimes being trained is a hinderance since homeschooling is not schooling at home but a way of life, and unlearning those habits can be hard.  
2. When parents say they cannot be around their children all day is a sign of a deeper that parents do not want to address. Not wanting to be around your kid also means you did not raise them in way that you would want to be around them. 
3. Education is to prepare you to engage in life and with those around you. 
4. Homeschooling allows your teenager to mature in the areas that are important and will benefit them and their future society.  

Call to Action 

Resources: https://members.classicalconversations.com/free-learning-center 

Books: https://classicalconversationsbooks.com/ 

Social Media Links 

Website: https://classicalconversations.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/classicalconversations 

Instagram: Look up classical conversations according to your state. 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClassicalConv 

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The Homeschool Advantage Podcast