Step one: Say something profound or provocative. Step two: Count the number of people who respond in any way. That is how many followers you actually have. Step three: Repent of all the ways you have lied to yourself when explaining to yourself why almost no one ever responds to your tweets.
Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
How To Show A Video In The Classroom
“Many teachers defend showing videos in class on the grounds they’re “educational,” but this proves far too little. You can teach children data with a screen, but data isn’t formational. Screens are formational, though. A little child who uses videos to learn the alphabet may learn his subject much faster than a little child learning the alphabetContinue reading “How To Show A Video In The Classroom”
Is Classical Christian Education Necessarily Racist?
“One of the first objections skeptics raise to classical Christian education is the insistence that slavery is old and so classical Christian education must be racist given it vindicates everything old; however, classicism does not vindicate everything old. It assumes the goodness of things which last, and slavery is a human institution which has beenContinue reading “Is Classical Christian Education Necessarily Racist?”
Envy Is Always A Failure Of The Imagination
The people we want to be like want to be like people we don’t want to be like.
Life In A Closed System
Schedule For The 2023 Gibbs Classical Online Conference
FRIDAY, JUNE 23 Session No. 1 | 10:30 am How to Test, How to Grade What does a fair test over Augustine’s Confessions look like for an eighth grader? How about a sophomore? What about a fourth grader? And what’s the difference between an essay that earns an 87% as opposed to an 88%? This lectureContinue reading “Schedule For The 2023 Gibbs Classical Online Conference”
For Or Against, No Matter, This Week, For Everyone (Julian Of Norwich Redux)
Registration Is Now Open For The 2023 Gibbs Classical Online Conference
On June 23 and 24, I will deliver eight new lectures at the 2023 Gibbs Classical Online Conference. Registration is now open for the conference. You can read descriptions of the lectures and register to attend here.
Excerpt: From The Forthcoming “A Short Introduction To Classical Christian Education”
“If you are new to classical Christian education, greetings. Welcome. If you do a little digging into classical Christian education, you will find that the classical Christian schools in this country have a good deal in common, but that there are differences between them, as well. Some of the ways they differ are insignificant, butContinue reading “Excerpt: From The Forthcoming “A Short Introduction To Classical Christian Education””
The Mystery Of Worship
“There is nothing new under the sun.” “Sing a new song to the Lord.” Discuss.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 