Education begins at home, and home remains by far the most dominant influence on learning. If a child is raised by literate parents who are continually expanding their minds’ pallet, eager to soak up the infinite wonders that abound all around us, then all the school need do is help the child feed and channel the curiosity surely burning inside. That child will usually inhale the basic concepts needed to function in society, then go on to cultivate areas of intense passion to spend a lifetime exploring. In this ideal scenario, our goal is to help guide and organize the learning process taking place spontaneously within each child, ensuring they have the tools they need to discover their passions and keeping their academics balanced. Once they learn how to use them, the resources at their fingertips are virtually unlimited. When parents do not provide this fertile soil, any school faces significant challenges in sparking, kindling, and focusing true learning. At Crossroads, we expect every parent to assume the duties God has charged them with and take an active role in charting, monitoring, and implementing the educational course their child will be on. We encourage parents to challenge and reevaluate their ideas on what education is by exposing themselves to a variety of educational philosophies. If this only serves to solidify views that have long held, they will be all the more confident in holding those views. Above all, we encourage every parent to be willing to reevaluate their views in light of the feedback, both conscious and unconscious, that their child provides.