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“How much lecture is necessary?” is a divisive question because there’s really no standard definition of “lecture” among classical educators. Some teachers think a lecture is an uninterrupted 45-minute talk on why Jane Austen didn’t like the city of Bath, which sounds a bit dull and unlikely to incline students to virtue—and the idea thatContinue reading “How Much Lecture Is Necessary?”

You in the hotel business center, printing off MapQuest instructions, amazed at technology these days.

“At the point a school gets to nine or ten students who should have been kicked out years ago, or who should never have been let in to begin with, the problem isn’t the number of families who aren’t missionally aligned. The problem is that the school’s stated rules and goals are not the school’s actual rules and goals.Continue reading “Fencing The Classical Christian Table”

Over the National’s last five albums, Matt Berninger has come to rely more and more heavily on a specific lyrical formula. I was doing something random and specific/ You were doing something even more random (with too many syllables)/ Sardonic question? It practically writes itself. I was selling peacocks to priests in Berlin/ You wereContinue reading “Thoughts On The National’s “First Two Pages of Frankenstein””

There aren’t many K-12 classroom teachers who have big platforms in CCE. Jonathan Councell deserves a big platform. He’s quite brilliant. I met him ten years ago on a cross-country drive and was absolutely floored by his intellect and common sense. This webinar is only ten dollars. I highly encourage you to attend! Sign upContinue reading “Jules: I’m Going. That’s All There Is To It.”

Tom: So you want the government to develop a mind-reading technology that could forcibly extract thoughts from people’s heads with clinical accuracy? You want the government to have access to your most private, sensitive, intimate memories? You want the government to have the technological capacity to delve into your most embarrassing secrets, or secrets whichContinue reading “This Conversation Always Goes Like This”

“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”

“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”

You’re really better off trying as hard as you can and losing. Why? The latest episode of Proverbial can help.