Joshua Gibbs

Gutsy Ecumenicalism

“A Presbyterian teacher should sound like a Presbyterian, not ‘a Christian.’ A Lutheran teacher should sound like a Lutheran, not ‘a Christian.’ An ecumenical school must be on guard to not create an image of ‘a Christian’ for students which is generic, vague, non-committal, and more concerned for diplomacy than truth. I would rather myContinue reading “Gutsy Ecumenicalism”

We Need Fewer Philosophy Teachers And More Philosophy Coaches

“As a philosophy teacher, I think coaches have it pretty good. Coaches never struggle to convey the importance of their work. Because the work of coaches is more important than the work of teachers, coaches are allowed to speak to students passionately, realistically, and without sentimentality. Part of the reason kids take sports seriously isContinue reading “We Need Fewer Philosophy Teachers And More Philosophy Coaches”

Registration Is Now Open On GibbsClassical.com For All 2021-2022 Classes

Registration is now open on GibbsClassical.com for all 2021-2022 classes. There are a limited number of Student level openings in Foundations of Modern Politics, British Ladies of the Nineteenth Century, The Divine Comedy for Beginners, and Modern Romance: The Cult of Courtly Love in Theory, Literature, and Film. All these classes have an Auditor option, asContinue reading “Registration Is Now Open On GibbsClassical.com For All 2021-2022 Classes”

Anything Less

“What is Christian Culture? It is essentially the Mass. That is not my or anyone’s opinion or theory or wish but the central fact of two thousand years of history.” -John Senior, The Restoration of Christian Culture (1983)

A Class For Humanities Teachers

In addition to the four 2021-2022 classes already announced, next year I am offering a class through GibbsClassical.com specifically for humanities teachers. Young teachers have it rough. To begin with, they are often only a few years older than their students. A lack of experience often leads to a lack of confidence, and yet youngContinue reading “A Class For Humanities Teachers”

Direction

The mask mandate was lifted in Virginia two days ago. However, in the city of Richmond, every business I have been to over the weekend is still enforcing it. Small shops, big shops, chain stores, grocery stores. If anyone has a list of businesses in Richmond that are no longer requiring customers to wear masks,Continue reading “Direction”

Sayings

The slag heaps of history are littered with “the future,” but the past springs eternal.

On Bitcoin

Gibbs: (walking out of Ready Player One in the year 2018) That was lousy. Time traveller from 2021: Believe it or not, three years from now, the premise of that movie will come true and overtake our currency markets. Lousy or not, that movie will prove prescient. Gibbs: You’re crazy. Time traveller from 2021: YouContinue reading “On Bitcoin”

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A Guide To Dating In High School

“Last month, I told my sophomores, “You have written enough for me this year. Let me write something for you.” And so we hashed out a deal where, on the appointed day, the class would give me four essay prompts, I would choose one and write a 1000 word essay in response during class. OfContinue reading “A Guide To Dating In High School”