The Natural Sequence of Things
Real learning can only take place when the teacher can identify and lay out the natural sequence of things for the student in his ultimate…
Naked Wrestling
Education in general, and in every subject, should “draw heavily on direct and vicarious experience that engages and awakens the senses”—poetry, music, “naked wrestling”((James Taylor,…
Music: A Fundamental Component to a Liberal Arts Education
In 1996, the College Entrance Exam Board Service conducted a study on all students taking their SAT exams. Students who sang or played a musical…
The Importance of Knowing Literature
I am persuaded that without knowledge of literature, pure theology cannot at all endure, just as heretofore, when letters have declined and lain prostrate, theology,…
Leadership is Listening
The famed UCLA basketball coach, the late John Wooden, once told a reporter who asked that the key to good leadership (i.e., having influence) is…
The Destiny of All
Not everyone is obliged to excel in philosophy, medicine, or the law, nor are all equally favored by nature; but all are destined to live…
Education and the State
The public interest in the individual’s life and learning is not that of a prospective employer or bureaucrat. Although, the individual must live in harmony…
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…
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…