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Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
The 2022 Gibbs Classical Online Conference
Save the date: July 8th and 9th, 2022. Tell your friends. Full details will be available soon.
A Tale Of Two Writing Teachers
My latest for CiRCE is about two teachers, one who spends hours grading bad essays and the other of whom spends just a few minutes. Which teacher offers more help to her students?
Karl Marx On “Fiscally Liberal, But Socially Conservative”
“The Communist revolution is the most radical rupture with traditional property relations; no wonder that its development involves the most radical rupture with traditional ideas.” -Karl Marx, The Communist Revolution (Penguin, p 243) In other words, Marx didn’t believe a man could be “fiscally liberal, but socially conservative.” If you’re game for a new wayContinue reading “Karl Marx On “Fiscally Liberal, But Socially Conservative””
The Progressive Ethos
A more apt example of progressive politics is hard to find. Ten people die at a concert? Something must change. Doesn’t even really matter what it is. Any change pacifies a bored populace.
A Proposition For Fellow Teachers
One of the reasons there is so much acrimony about grades is because a 0 to 100 scale is way too broad. If you hate grades as they are, and I know you do, imagine how much less you would hate them if every grade was issued on a 1 to 3 scale. Suppose alsoContinue reading “A Proposition For Fellow Teachers”
Muppets Are Fashionable Again
I took the picture on the left at the Gap this afternoon.
The Love Of Learning Is Not A Virtue
“Thoughtful Christians rightly lampoon the vagueness and insipidity of secularist slogans like “Love is love” and “Be yourself.” And yet, to “love learning” is just as vague. Love learning what? When a certain student does not do his math homework and spends Latin class flirting with the girl beside him, the problem isn’t that heContinue reading “The Love Of Learning Is Not A Virtue”
Losing Weight
“It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves,” said La Rochefoucauld. The new episode of Proverbial is available now.
What If?
I’m thinking about putting on my own online conference this summer.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 