Erik Satie wrote laconic music for a pedestrian, contemplative world touched by melancholy. At the moment, he sounds about right.
Laconic
End Of The World (Coronavirus) Playlist
Joining thousands of others, I have created an endtimes playlist.
New Short Fiction
Up on CiRCE today is a piece of short fiction I have worked on, off and on, for over a year.
Please Stop Saying This
“My child has a strong walk with the Lord” is a thing we often say, however, “Your child has a strong walk with the Lord” is not a thing we are often told. Why is this? My latest for CiRCE is a dialog about the matter.
This Is What I Think Cool Is
Tips
Today, one of my more capable rhetoric students said she practiced her speeches in different accents, which made her more aware of the words she was speaking. Quite clever. Such awareness is often quite difficult for rookie writers, so I was doubly impressed.
What To Teach, Or How?
My latest for CiRCE concerns that most pernicious of issues within classical schools: Do we teach students what to think or how to think?
Proverbs: On Politicking
Parent: The grade you gave my son on his essay seems kind of subjective.
Teacher: No, it seems kind of low, and if I raised the grade it would be even more subjective.
Proverbs: On Teaching
“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”
― Jacques Barzun
This Headline, This Picture
This is what The Wall Street Journal thinks homeschooling looks like.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 