The First Thanksgiving
Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after have a special manner rejoice together after we…
Category: On Teaching
A daily thought on the art and endeavor of flourishing as an independent, classical Christian teacher with the Kepler Consortium.
Thank You, Teachers!
Teaching can be a thankless job. Teachers put in far more hours than just the hours they spend in the classroom. Outside of the classroom,…
Dumbing Us Down
Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist; it should furnish you with an original spirit with which to…
Three Principles for Effective Teaching
The laws that govern good teaching can be understood similarly to the way Jesus explained that the entire law could be boiled down to two…
The Answer to the Oldest Question in Education
There is a single question every teacher will eventually hear, and every student will be tempted to ask: Why do we have to learn this?…
First Knowledge
The first knowledge we have of any thing is the delight we take in our senses when we encounter the thing (i.e., an artifact, idea,…
The Process of Inquiry
There is a process of inquiry that is indispensable for unearthing human knowledge and only the person whose mental habits conform to this process can…
Leisure and Music in Education
Aristotle followed Plato, was his student, in fact. And he joined his teacher is asserting the music was a necessary part of one’s education because…
Socrates On Music in Education
Throughout the Classical period and all the way up until the Age of Enlightenment, prerational knowledge was not only viewed as legitimate but essential to…
Improving Quality in the Classroom
In a recent post, Seth Godin wrote about the misconception of quality being the result of effort. He states, Quality is defined as consistently meeting…