Letters

Learning from Dorothy

Jay Nordlinger’s piece on Dorothy L. Sayers (“Sing It, Dorothy”) in the April 6 issue of National Review spoke to my heart. More than a decade ago I read her 1947 essay “The Lost Tools of Learning,” and was inspired and emboldened to home-educate my children using the classical method that she advocated. They are now in a public high school pursuing the modern-day quadrivium, but they are benefitting from the solid foundation they received. The classical paradigm that we followed has taught them to be independent and thoughtful learners who easily see connections as well as fallacies. Dorothy L. Sayers is one of my heroines and I thank National Review and Jay Nordlinger for aiming the spotlight on her.