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August 12, 2013

Obvious Secrets

“When it comes to kids, people just don’t think about happiness enough these days. They think about success. They think in comparisons. They think about milestones, graduations and shiny trophies… They think about things like redshirting a potential Kindergartener — not so that he will be happy, but so that he will have an advantage

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The Flaming Arrow of Classical Education: Funeral Games in the Aeneid as Symbol and Hope

“Suddenly, right before their eyes, look, a potent marvel destined to shape the future!” The Aeneid, Book V. ll. 575-6 The funeral games for Anchises in book five of the Aeneid provide a necessary respite from the piercing drama and tragic end of Dido in book four—which concludes with the arresting imagery of Dido atop

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