Adler uses the word Catholicism, but I’m substituting the word Christianity because I believe the principle applies regardless and because he used that word partly, at least, because he was speaking to Catholics. But this needs to be thought about: The truth of [Chrsitianity] in religion and philosophy, for example, is no warrant for the …
John Taylor Gatto begins this video by pointing out that when we send our children to schools we are giving them up for adoption. Take a look at this video because Gatto continually forces people to think about obvious things that people don’t want to bother reflecting on. “The master creates the lesson; the teacher …
Another thing that came out clearly while I was in Austin at Veritas Academy was the central role of ideas in classical education. Mortimer Adler showed that when we teach we always teach one of three things: content, skills, or ideas. Each is taught differently. If you want someone to know content you give it …
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