“Badly behaved students generally get away with quite a lot, and they have a sense of just how often they should have been caught and punished. I recently spoke with an administrator who admitted to being a bad student back in high school and he remarked that slackers grew up with a keener sense ofContinue reading “How Bad Students Become Good Teachers”
Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
“A Short Introduction to Classical Christian Education” is Now Available
“If classical Christian education is more than simply a refuge from troubled, dumbed-down, secular school systems, what is it? In his introduction, Joshua Gibbs offers a teacher’s clear, concise, and thoughtful answer. Classical Christian education is a choice. Every parent ought to read this pamphlet before making it.” David Hicks, author of Norms & Nobility ReadContinue reading ““A Short Introduction to Classical Christian Education” is Now Available”
Act Like A Lady
“There are aspects of the aristocratic life which people born average are never going to participate in. They’re never going to shop on Saville Row. They’re never going to pay a talented composer to write a requiem mass. They’re never going to subsidize the composition of an epic poem which pays tribute to the historicContinue reading “Act Like A Lady”
“A Short Introduction To Classical Christian Education” Will Be Available To Purchase This Weekend
“Classical Christian education is a movement caught in a strange moment. Because classical Christian education is a rapidly growing movement, it is presently filled with both many newcomers and many veterans. One of my goals in authoring this pamphlet is to get newcomers and veterans on the same page. It is tempting to speak toContinue reading ““A Short Introduction To Classical Christian Education” Will Be Available To Purchase This Weekend”
At The Movies
My life is already sufficiently taxing that the idea of watching Everything Everywhere All At Once is rather overwhelming. I’d rather see A Few Nice Things Nearby Arranged In A Pleasing Chronological Manner.
Signs Of A Great Teacher
“In many Christian schools, the ethos of an “ideal” teacher is far more defined by Christian radio, youth group, books about the family, and devotional literature written for small groups than it is by, say, the Rule of St. Benedict. The contemporary Christian teacher is aghast by old adages like, “Don’t smile until Christmas.” We’reContinue reading “Signs Of A Great Teacher”
Proverbial, Episode 118: Anything Helps
You’re really better off trying as hard as you can and losing. Why? The latest episode of Proverbial can help.
Gibbs In South Beach
A Matter Of Taste Vol. III
“A Matter of Taste Vol III” is finished. I started working on this playlist last December and it took me the better part of two months to get right.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 