Fighter Pilot’s Dream of a Virtue-Based School Takes Flight

Fighter Pilot’s Dream of a Virtue-Based School Takes Flight
Fighter pilot Ali Ghaffari with his wife and daughters. Courtesy of Divine Mercy Academy
Jeff Minick
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Suppose you were really upset with your children’s school, both the academics and the absence of any moral framework.

You begin looking for a private school within driving distance of your home. Some of these you reject out of hand as being too much like the school your family is leaving. A few, especially those offering a classical education, appeal, but they’re either full with a long waiting list or simply too far away. You’re well aware of the homeschool option, but both you and your spouse work full time.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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