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LEMI Mentor Training
Training for Shakespeare Conquest is being offered by LEMI in the Chicago area July 16-18. Sign up now for this three day intensive course to become a Shakespeare mentor for your community!
What is LEMI you ask?
LEMI - Leadership Education Mentoring Institute LEMI – Leadership Education Mentoring Institute is an organization dedicated to the training of mentors in A Thomas Jefferson Education™ philosophy and methodology. This is an alternative philosophy based on the education of many of the great leaders in history and is a very different approach to education than the modern compulsory education. LEMI trains mentors how to bridge the gap between wanting an excellent, broad liberal arts education (the education of these great leaders) and getting one.
What is a scholar project?
Scholar projects are courses for teens which use the principles of A Thomas Jefferson Education to help students gain vision, sense of mission, and scholar abilities and skills. These projects inspire students to choose to study great classical philosophy and literature.
Why sign up?
William Shakespeare addresses the most intriguing questions asked in the Great Debate of humanity. He gets us thinking about philosophy, economy, theology, human nature, mathematics, God, government, families, and much more in an engaging and exciting manner. For this purpose the study of his works are insightful, fun and important for the understanding of our society and oneself. Mentors will learn how to give the students an excellent exposure to Shakespeare the man, the heightened Shakespearean language, the overall works and study hints.
Learn:
• To know and love Shakespeare
• About yourself
• Human nature
• The Language of Shakespeare
• How to effectively study Shakespeare
• Confidence on stage
• Exposure to economics, philosophy, theology, government, forms, math and science, from the eyes of Shakespeare
Contact Jada Butler at robnjada at sbcglobal dot net for more information and registration details. Course Fee $400.00 And check out the LEMI website at www.thelemi.com for more info. on other exciting offerings.
Our Mission
Midwest Liber Families is an association of liber communities which foster virtue, statesmanship and strong families.
What we do
We promote the principles of Leadership Education outlined in the book "A Thomas Jefferson Education" by Oliver DeMille. We do this by sponsoring Youth Leadership Clubs, supporting communities, and providing important experiences and training at our annual Midwest TJEd Forum.
What is Liber?
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." - Thomas Jefferson
Liber is the root for liberty. To become Liber means to have the education to be free. We believe that this is the kind of education the Founding Fathers of our country possessed, and it was this education that enabled them to found a nation in which there was greater opportunity for freedom then there ever had been before. It was accompanied by prosperity the likes of which the world has never seen.
Sadly, this education has been lost to our society now, and we fear that if it is not soon restored, we will continue to lose our liberties, and never regain them. We hope that if our children become Liber, they will be able to restore what the Founders instituted.
Midwest Liber Families understands that if we want our children to become Liber, we must lead the way, and become Liber ourselves.
Youth Leadership Education Clubs
MLF sponsors the following clubs for communities, to provide meaningful environments and experiences for their children in a supportive atmosphere. These clubs also help build the Liber communities that make up MLF and that foster virtue, statesmanship and strong families.
Liberty Belles
The Liberty Belles Club offers girls ages 6-9 an exciting opportunity to learn about American History through historical fiction, narration, hands-on creative and explorative experiences, mentors and social interaction with other homeschoolers.
Knights of Liberty
The Knights of Liberty Club offers boy 8-12 an exciting opportunity to study the lives of American leaders through colloquia, learn about virtues through the model of knighthood and statesmanship through hands-on experiences.
Young Stateswoman Society
Young Stateswoman Society is an exciting opportunity for girls to learn leadership skills and practice public speaking with their friends as they study the lives of great stateswomen from history.
Statesmanship Club
The Statesmanship Club offers youth ages 12 and up an important opportunity to practice scholarly skills and continue to develop vital qualities of statesmen and stateswomen.