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The Why and How of Logic
2007-08-15 19:49:00 - Nance, Jim 1996. The Why and How of Logi c . In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 109-115. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press. What First BEFORE DISCUSSING THE WHY AND HOW OF TEACHING LOGIC IN THE secondary school, we must ... More About: General , Classical Education
The Seven Laws of Teaching
2007-08-06 19:31:00 - Spencer, Tom 1996. The Seven Laws of Teac hing . In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 109-115. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press. Introduction IS IT POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE ART OF SUCCESSFUL TEACHING TO SEVEN succinct laws? Yes it ... More About: General , Classical Education
The Trivium Applied in the Elementary
2007-07-31 19:20:00 - Garfield, Tom 1996. The Trivium Applied in the Elementary. In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 89-97. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press. YOU WOULD THINK I COULD HAVE PICKED UP ON THE IDEA FAR earlier than I did. ... More About: General , Classical Education , Curriculum , Lied
Rebel Without a Clue
2007-07-30 21:44:00 - Tom Garfield, Superintendent of Logos School There are virtually countless joys associated with this job. But one of my greatest heartaches has come from witnessing, from time to time, a teenager flounder in search of direction. This hapless young person is usually a young lady, but I?ve seen young men in similar quandaries. Frequently, from ... More About: Parenting , Rebel
Trigger-Happy or Just Straight Shooting?
2007-07-26 18:45:00 - Tom Garfield Mr. Bliponship was not happy. I figured that out pretty fast. His call came late on a gray, wet Thursday afternoon. I was in the office - unfortunately, ?cause that meant I had to take the call. But that?s my job. I wear a tie and carry a Day-Timer; I?m a P.A., ... More About: General , Happy , Shooting , Straight , TRAI
The Classical Model: Trivium 101
2007-07-23 19:50:00 - Spencer, Tom 1996. The Classical Model : Trivium 101. In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 89-97. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press. DURING MY FIRST OR SECOND YEAR AT LOGOS SCHOOL, WE WERE still trying to develop our secondary ...
Egalitarianism: The Great Enemy
2007-07-17 00:06:00 - - Wilson, Douglas J. 1996. Egalitarianism: The Great Enemy . In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 79-87. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press.) EGALITARIANISM IS SIMPLY ?EQUALISM,? AND IN ITS VARIOUS GUISES it represents the most potent ideological threat ... More About: General , Classical Education , Alita
Sweet Dreams
2007-07-12 17:41:00 - Tom Garfield, Logos School Superintendent. For more on Classical Education see Tom?s book, Dear Parents: Communicating the Christian & Classical Vision to Families. He knew this place. Yes, of course, it was the church sanctuary and he was in his regular seat. Everything was as it always was each Sunday morning. The pianist was finishing ... More About: Dreams , Parenting , General , Sweet , Sweet Dreams
?I Just Love A Student In Uniform!?
2007-07-10 17:03:00 Scene 1: Interior shot of average home on any weekday morning: Mom! I can?t find my purple pants!? They?re in the dirty clothes, honey. Find something else to wear.? But I CAN?T wear anything else! Nothing else matches, and I really wanted Sandy to see my purple pants with my new blouse!? Sandy won?t care what you wear…!? Oh ... More About: Parenting , Love , Student , General , Uniform
Worldview Test Case: Christianity in Math Class
2007-07-09 20:44:00 - Nance, Jim. 1996. Worldview Test Case : Christianity in Math Class . In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 59-71. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press.) O Thou Who dost by the light of nature promote in us the desire for the ...
Santa Claus & Harry Potter Are Not The Bad Guys
2007-06-29 21:51:00 No doubt the pastor thought he was taking a stand for righteousness. He hadn?t been allowed a full-fledged book burning, so he had to settle for renting a conference room at a Ramada Inn. There, with great zeal in front of a number of his parishners, he literally sliced and diced some Harry Potter books. ... More About: Parenting , Santa Claus , General , Santa
Godly Discipline and the Christian School
2007-06-27 18:40:00 - Spencer, Tom. 1996. Godly Discipline and the Christian School . In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 27-37. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press.) I HAVE WORKED AT LOGOS SCHOOL FOR THE PAST ELEVEN YEARS. Five years ago, I became ... More About: General , Line
The Importance of Personal Holiness, from ?Repairing the Ruins: The Classic
2007-06-15 18:55:00 - Wilson, Douglas J. 1996. The Importance of Personal Holiness. In Repairing the Ruins: The Classic al and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 27-37. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press.) A SCHOOL MUST BE BUILT BY MEN AND WOMEN. NO ?SINNERproof? method has yet been discovered ... More About: General , Classical Education , Pair
Are Heroes Anachronistic?
2007-06-05 18:21:00 Or “Why Johnny Can’t Relate to Great Men” - Tom Garfield hero: any person esp. a man, admired for courage, nobility, etc. We need heroes. Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Big John, Superman, Robin Hood, Zorro, and others that fill the pages of comics or folk tales are the stuff that dreams are made of. Everyone, even those ... More About: History , Heroes , Hero , Nach
HOMEGROWN MORALITY
2007-05-31 00:22:00 - Tom Garfield This was going to be great! I could hardly wait. I had made sure I was safely situated, well beyond the range of the shrapnel. The flames were starting to rise above the top of the barrel… any second now… For context, as a young, healthy preteen, I was given the task of gathering ... More About: Parenting , Morality , Grown , Oral , Grow
Overcome Evil with Good
2007-05-31 00:15:00 - Tom Garfield ?Yes,? said Queen Lucy. ?In our world too, a Stable once had Something inside it that was bigger than our whole world.? It was the first time she had spoken, and from the thrill in her voice Tirian now knew why. She was drinking everything in more deeply than the others. She had ... More About: Parenting , General , Evil , Good , Overcome
Introduction to Antithesis in Education
2007-05-21 23:27:00 - Wilson, Douglas J. 1996. Introduction to Anti thesis in Education . In Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education, ed. Douglas J. Wilson, 13-27. Moscow, ID: Canon Press. (All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission from Canon Press.) THE PHRASE ?WORLDVIEW CHRISTIANITY? IS CAPABLE OF producing quite a comfortable glow, specially when used frequently ... More About: General , Classical Education
LOGOS TAKES 12th IN ?07 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION!
2007-05-16 00:43:00 Dear Friends, The Logos Mock Tria l team is just back from Dallas. Here’s a brief update. The kids performed impressively. We won three out of four rounds, and finished 12th overall among 40 teams competing. Round 1 Idaho vs. Ohio: Idaho wins Round 2 Idaho vs. Tennessee: Idaho wins Round 3 Idaho vs. Georgia: Georgia wins Round 4 Idaho vs. ... More About: Championship , National , Competition
Confidence vs. Self-Esteem
2007-05-15 20:55:00 - Tom Garfield, Logos School Superintendent. For more on Classical Education see Tom?s book, Dear Parents: Communicating the Christian & Classical Vision to Families. Confidence : A feeling of assurance or certainty Self-esteem: Pride in oneself (Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary) It?s probably because I’m an ?educator? that I’m considered fair game for tasteless poster companies and other originators of ... More About: General , Self Esteem , Este , Esteem
The Lost Crusade
2007-05-14 20:29:00 - Tom Garfield, for more on Classical Education see Tom?s book, Dear Parents: Communicating the Christian & Classical Vision to Families. Without doubt there was anguish. No parent with a heart of flesh could have borne their decision without much fear and trepidation. But the purpose was one with a higher calling - for most it ... More About: Lost , Parenting , History , General , Sade
?Nothing Old Under the Sun?
2007-05-08 21:37:00 - Tom Garfield ?Is there anything which one might say, ?See this, it is new?? Already it has existed for ages which were before us. There is no remembrance of earlier things; and also of the later things which will occur, there will be for them no remembrance among those who will come later still.? Ecclesiastes ... More About: History , Classical Education , Nothing , Thing , Under
Paul - The Man For All Reasons
2007-05-04 20:39:00 Early in his ministry the Hebrew known as Saul could be found on a typical Sabbath in one of a number of Mediterranean synagogues, reasoning for Jesus as the Messiah and Lord. His apologetic came from a strong knowledge of the Scriptures, his own background as a Pharisee, and his trained skills in rhetoric. During ... More About: General , Classical Education , Reason , Paul , Reasons
Darth Vader had no Capital
2007-05-03 19:10:00 - Tom Garfield The multi-planetary, highly tolerant creatures were no problem. The incredible technology, combined with good ol? sword play, was easy to buy. But there is no way in this world or even on the Death Star, that Darth Vadar could do what he did. You remember, at the end of the Trilogy , Return ... More About: Darth Vader , Classical Education , Vader , Capital
Boomer Crossroads, Part II
2007-05-01 19:21:00 - Tom Garfield The post-World War II generation of babies born between about 1945 and 1963 is the largest generation in U.S. history. About seventy million of us (I incorrectly put fifteen earlier, mea culpa) comprise ?the? Baby Boom. We were experimented upon educationally (after Sputnik caused a revolution in American schooling), we were spoiled, undisciplined ... More About: Parenting , General , Classical Education , Part , Road
The Lost Tools of Learning
2007-04-30 17:20:00 - “The Lost Tools of Learning ” was presented by Miss Dorothy Sayers at Oxford in 1947. That I, whose experience of teaching is extremely limited, should presume to discuss education is a matter, surely, that calls for no apology. It is a kind of behavior to which the present climate of opinion is wholly favorable. Bishops ... More About: General , Classical Education
Straining Gnats and Swallowing Camels
2007-04-25 19:17:00 - Tom Garfield ?You blind guides, you who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.? Jesus Christ (Matthew 23:24) Since I am going to apply a principle from the above verse in a way some may find objectionable, I desire to convince you from the start that I really did read and understand the context. ... More About: General , Classical Education , Wing , Stra , Strain
Logos School on CBN News Again
2007-04-25 01:10:00 Logos School was again featured in a Christian Broadcasting Network story on the Classical Edcuation movement. In an article writen in February, corrispondant Lee Web discusses Logos School’s influence on the movment: “Over the last two decades, a number of Christian schools have popped up around the country employing what is known as the classical approach ... More About: News , General , Again , Logo
Blessed by the Afflicted
2007-04-17 21:20:00 - Tom Garfield ?Sing, 0 heavens, and be joyful, 0 earth; and break forth into singing, 0 mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon His afflicted.? (Isaiah 49:13) If you have followed our news in recent months you know we have had quite a year, especially in terms of honors and ... More About: Blessed , Esse , Less , The A
Boomer Crossroads, Part I
2007-04-13 20:03:00 - Tom Garfield In the vast history of mankind, it is arguably the most pampered, healthy, well-fed, rich, lazy, ungrateful, and self-centered generation to come along. In the history of the United States, it is without question the largest generation to make it past infancy as a group. They are the babies, the sons and ... More About: Cross , Part , Road , Boom , Ross
How Firm a Foundation?
More articles from this author:2007-04-11 20:03:00 - Tom Garfield, The Return of Dear Parents: Communicating the Christian & Classical Vision to Families It has been said in various contexts that you can?t make a good omelet with rotten eggs. Along the same lines, C.S. Lewis stated that no matter how much or how good the wine is, if you pour it ... More About: Foundation , Dati 1, 2, 3 |
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