We are often unaware of the narratives that underwrite and shape our thinking. But these subterranean assumptions aren’t benign; and, they certainly didn’t develop all on their own. Most often they are the product of generations of familial or national storytelling.
One of the common presuppositions of our time has to do with our views on education, especially as it pertains to college or university in America. One you might be familiar with by now is the faulty presupposition that college is about skills training and career prep. Those who’ve been in the Classical Christian Education renewal for any length of time are likely aware of the sophistry that has driven this narrative, namely Behemoth University’s promise to deliver your child a marketable skillset at the end of their four-year training period in exchange for lots of money (usually borrowed from the government).
Another presupposition that many parents are unaware of is the modern distinction between high school and college. By modern, I don’t mean the way the classical distinctions between grammar school, high school, and university naturally exist. I mean the unstated assumption that says high school is mostly about “preparing for college.”
Families frequently spend oodles of time and money on AP courses, SAT prep, and busywork because they believe it will give their child a competitive edge on the college application and improve their chances of getting into a “good” college. For now, I’ll forego the digression of discussing what “good” often means in this context.
All the while parents are “preparing their child for college” they often overlook these moments for what they are—real opportunities for true formation. Kepler Education is challenging the false assumption that high school is preparation for college in the widely-accepted sense. We want to help families prepare their high school students for life, that place where “making the grade” really matters.
That’s why our dual enrollment program is more than an academic advantage; it’s an invitation into the Great Conversation. While earning fully accredited college credit, your student will be guided by experienced mentors through the Great Books, the perennial human questions, and the disciplines that cultivate virtue and wisdom.
Through Kepler’s dual enrollment program, your high schooler can:
- Read Plato and the prophets—not just textbooks and test-prep
- Learn to write with eloquence, speak with clarity, and reason with conviction—not just prepare a college application
- Join a community of serious-minded peers in live, online college classrooms—not just create busywork that looks good on a college application
- Earn college credit that actually counts toward their undergraduate degree—without ever compromising their Christian convictions
- Save thousands of dollars—and not enter adulthood already racked by unnecessary debt
Why wait until they’ve left your home to “have their college experience” and begin the education that shapes their soul? Dual enrollment with Kepler offers the rarest of combinations: Real mentorship, academic rigor, spiritual formation, intellectual joy, real college credit, and unbelievable savings.
Your child is already becoming who they will be. You don’t have to wait to send them to college.
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