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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.

“Classical education is growing rapidly, which means the average school has teachers who have been around for ten years, five years, and five months. They’re not all on the same page—there’s no way around this, but it needs to be acknowledged. The way to get them all on the same page isn’t to make themContinue reading “Three Ideas For Productive Faculty Meetings”

“A student is not above his teacher.” -Jesus Christ “A teacher is not above his students.” -Modern educators

Proverbs is addressed to “my son.” In fact, “my son” is addressed more than twenty times. There are nearly fifty questions asked in the book of Proverbs. They are all rhetorical. Every one of them.