Stop Saying “Can’t”
Annie Sullivan was a classical educator who began teaching Helen Keller when Keller was only six years old. Sullivan used fingerspelling, a tedious method of…
Category: On Teaching
A daily thought on the art and endeavor of flourishing as an independent, classical Christian teacher with the Kepler Consortium.
Predictably Unpredictable
There is one sense in which the teacher should be predictable: well-prepared lesson plans, punctuality, grading standards, cheerfulness, orderly classroom, etc. But there is another…
Some Perspective on Compulsory Education
In order for a sixteen-year-old to propel approximately 1 ton of machinery down the highway at 60-plus miles per hour (often with siblings and friends…
Playing Down Will Not Get Us There
In his book, Study Smart: A Christian Guide to Academic Success, John Seel argues, Christian schools celebrate Lewis, Tolkien, and Chesterton, but we somehow give…
Education and Fallacy of Technological Progress
David Hicks rightly notes that the classical educator sees, as one of his aims, educating the student both for the world’s fight and for the…
A Christian Paideia
If Aristotle, who was a pagan and a philosopher too, painted such a picture among men who were not holy and learned in the Scriptures,…
10 Commandments for Independent Teachers
Thou shalt teach to the glory of God and for the love of thy neighbor. Thou shalt own more books than you will ever read…
The Right Use of Studies
The French philosopher, Simone Weil, wrote a short essay on education in 1942 titled, REFLECTIONS ON THE RIGHT USE OF SCHOOL STUDIES WITH A VIEW…
The World of Ideas
Modern education, explains Verene, “is a quest for certainty in thought and application in practice.” This is why our modern centers for education deplore freedom…
Questions for Teachers
A half-dozen questions for teachers to ask themselves before teaching their next class: What does a grade in my class measure: effort or achievement? What…