From first to seventh grade, I participated in Classical Conversations (CC). CC is a classical, Christian organization that aims to aid parents in their homeschool journey. CC covers preK-12th grade and has some dual enrollment options. How does it operate? CC consists of local communities around the globe. Each community has a director…
National Memory Master Competition Part 4: Cruise
After a couple of months of studying, it was finally time to board the cruise where the National Memory Master Competition would take place! I was very excited and nervous to finally compete. The night before the cruise, we stayed at a hotel where most of the other finalists were also staying. We got to…
National Memory Master Competition, Part 3: Studying
Becoming a National Memory Master finalist (read my post about becoming a finalist here) was super exciting, but it also meant I had a lot more work in store. I was already in the process of mastering most of the memory work (see the first post in this series about how I started studying here),…
National Memory Master Competition Part 2: Becoming a Finalist
Last time I wrote about the first semester of my sixth-grade year and how I began to prepare for the National Memory Master Competition (see the first post here). In this post, I want to write about the time following the submission of my entry video. When my video was polished and ready to…
National Memory Master Competition, Part 1: Summer-January
In sixth grade, I decided to participate in Classical Conversations’ National Memory Master competition (NMM). NMM is the culmination of CC’s Memory Master program. It is a national competition for sixth graders in the Classical Conversations Foundations Program. Normally, to achieve Memory Master the student memorizes all the material learned for the current cycle of…
