Writing, Tutoring, and Education
My Dear Students, Why have I spent so much time talking about how school helps us become wise and virtuous people? Why does that matter so much and why does it make education significant? Our God loves wisdom and goodness and hates foolishness and evil. As His followers, we know that we should seek wisdom …
My Dear Students, In my last post, I promised to show you the connection between wisdom and what you do each day in school. I think the best way to begin is to discuss a couple typical assignments. I have chosen two generally unpopular assignments: an English essay and a series of math problems. An …
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My Dear Students, I wrote last time that there are indeed some important and deep reasons for school--reasons that our society has largely forgotten, but that we desperately need to remember. I will do my best here to begin to present those reasons. I should also say here at the beginning that what I will …
My Dear Students, Since we are asking the question, why do I have to go to school, I think it is worthwhile first to look at many of the common answers given in answer to that question. I have compiled some here. Perhaps the most common is the answer that appeals to the future. It …
Continue reading "Why School? Part 2: Common yet Incomplete Answers"
My Dear Students, I would be surprised if sometime in your school career you had not asked the question, Why do I have to go to school? I think that my younger self--who very often spoke those words--did not ask them because I actually wanted an answer. Instead, I used them as a tidy little …
As a classroom teacher, I was silent more often than I expected to be. One day, I overheard a student exclaim, “Guys, I’ve done the math. Dropping out now gets me way more money than going to high school.” As I watched the others swarm around him eagerly, I wanted to stop everything and spend …
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