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Garden Check-In (Week 13): The Most Beautiful of Wild Flowers · The Grammar of Classical Education

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  SPEAKER_00: Greetings and salutations, my fellow educators.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think that these Thursday garden check-ins need
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  SPEAKER_00: to permanently become Friday garden check-ins as we finish up this series.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know about you,
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  SPEAKER_00: but sometimes life just gets so stinking busy that Your to-do list becomes too long
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  SPEAKER_00: and for every one thing you check off you need to add four others.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everyone seems to want you to accomplish everything all at once.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, it's from that position of crazy busy in which I'm sure I'm not alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: That I just want to take a moment for today's garden check-in with
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  SPEAKER_00: the most wonderful and prolific little wildflower.
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  SPEAKER_00: The common dandelion.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know, that may come as a surprise.
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  SPEAKER_00: A dandelion?
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  SPEAKER_00: That's not a wildflower.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a weed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica,
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  SPEAKER_00: a wildflower is,
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  SPEAKER_00: quote, any flowering plant that has not been genetically manipulated.
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  SPEAKER_00: Generally,
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  SPEAKER_00: the term applies to plants growing without intentional human aid,
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  SPEAKER_00: particularly those flowering in spring and summer in woodlands,
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  SPEAKER_00: prairies, and mountains, end quote.
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  SPEAKER_00: You might also add, Front yards and schoolyards.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that bright little bundle of joy, also known as a dandelion, is by definition a wildflower.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's why in a crazy busy week at any time in the year,
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  SPEAKER_00: I want you to remember the lowly little dandelion.
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  SPEAKER_00: The one that a small child holds up to you in their grubby little hand.
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  SPEAKER_00: The one that litters your yard with brilliant yellow.
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  SPEAKER_00: The one that is used for medicine and tea.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the one That dandelion.
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  SPEAKER_00: That wildflower dandelion.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the busiest and craziest times, stay the course.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember,
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  SPEAKER_00: there are literally millions and millions of dandelions who are looked upon
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  SPEAKER_00: with scorn,
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  SPEAKER_00: but who know in their bright little hearts that they are truly wildflowers.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I challenge you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even when you may feel overbusy,
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  SPEAKER_00: underappreciated, or even unseen, remember, you're a dandelion.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're a real wildflower.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are a bright yellow harbinger of joy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Until next week,
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  SPEAKER_00: I hope your days are filled with dandelion joy and an abundance
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  SPEAKER_00: of beautiful wildflowers.