Speaker: Tegan Truitt

Tegan Truitt is a father, homeschool graduate, and PhD student in George Mason University’s Department of Economics, where he teaches undergraduate economics. His passion for teaching led him into academia, and he and his wife Bethany (another homeschooler) intend to homeschool their children. While he had to pick one discipline to specialize in (Econ), he maintains interests in music, poetry, philosophy, history (especially church history), and chess. When not reading aloud together, the Truitts enjoy hiking, board games, and hosting friends.

Topic: “Education and the Cultivation of the Soul”

Tegan brings his experience as a lifelong student and professional educator to bear on two chief questions of homeschooling: Why you should consider homeschooling? How to homeschool well? Tegan argues for a vision of education where its material aims — things like getting a good job, or going to a good college — take a backseat. Instead, teachers should primarily order education toward helping the student to see God in His creation, and His image in other persons, and parents are often the best-positioned to become this kind of teacher.

Guest Ambassadors: Lt Col Scott Crabtree, USAF (Ret.) and Capt Colleen Crabtree, USAFR