There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity.

“Lastly, if classical schools more cautiously approached graduate degrees, a lot of us teachers might be out of some pay, but we might be made all the wiser and more honest for it. So, what if in the next interview, your administration stopped asking: what school did you go to, and instead they asked: what does this proverb mean? “

-from Travis Copeland’s I Almost Regret My Master’s Degree

Classical Christian education has become a movement so intent on congratulating itself and singing its own praises, nearly anyone who calls for reform is labeled an ingrate and a perfectionist. I appreciate Travis Copeland’s willingness to call a spade a spade. His latest article for CiRCE is well worth reading.

“I would first like to offer you a lively, robust classroom conversation about Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and then I’d like to offer you an explanation of why the conversation is rather pointless, and what the conversation needs in order to be productive.”

-my latest for CiRCE

“The student who says lunch was the best part of the day isn’t necessarily griping. How many happy fathers would say the best part of their week was the time they spent in the office? None, and this doesn’t mean they’re ungrateful for their jobs, or that they find their work unsatisfying. Likewise, going to class is work and students shouldn’t be held to standards that even sane, pious Christian adults would disdain.”

-from my latest for CiRCE