The Lost Tools Of Learning
For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain.
What is the Classical Method?
After several years of homeschooling, my mother informed us that part of our curriculum included memorizing a song on the history of the world. When I learned that the song…
The Three Modes of Persuasion: Logos
Five years competing in speech and debate taught me a good many things. Never procrastinate researchDon’t drop argumentsDon’t bring new arguments during rebuttalsAlways shake the opponent’s handCite credible sources And…
The Three Modes of Persuasion: Pathos
“I have a dream . . .” The above four renowned words prompt immediate remembrance of the speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave on August 28th, 1963, at the Lincoln…
The Three Modes of Persuasion: Ethos
“Persuasion is achieved by the speaker’s personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily…
Why Definitions Matter
Recently, my younger brother joined friends to evangelize in a busy part of town. He came home with an interesting story about a man they encountered. At the beginning of…
Education – Rooted in Truth
"If we are going to have . . . a Christian education, it means understanding truth is not a series of isolated subjects but there are associations, and the associations…