Editor of FORMA Journal. Teacher. Consultant. Researcher in Classical Education seeking to understand and share our inheritance of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.
Humans who need discipline from an external source are children; humans who are self-disciplined are adults. Our society (and government) no longer believes in adults, so it no longer raises children to become them. This is also why our schools have no idea how to discipline.
Haven't used Twitter in years, but @AdobeCare only exists here. I have been trying to contact them for over a week and spent eight hours on hold on the phone, only for them to hang up on me without answering. I need to talk to a human! Anyone know how?
This week on the podcast, take a look at the types of bird feeders you can use to attract birds to your backyard for nature study. https://t.co/87dXV3tItV
Communal memory is real, but in schools we only count learning as real if a child can do it alone (and with pen and paper). This excludes a whole field of knowledge and mode of knowing, and importantly, it’s that of the church.
Winter FORMA is underway and the call for papers is out! The theme is “home.” I think this is begging something on the Odyssey, eh? Any takers? Check out our journal here: https://t.co/YGQWq3KaxI
FORMA is now accepting articles, poetry, and short stories for the winter edition! Our theme is “home” and will particularly explore The Kilns and how the author’s home impacted his creativity. Send your submissions to [email protected]!
@100daysofdante is back! Invite your friends to join the world's largest reading group of *The Divine Comedy,* starting August 31st. https://t.co/8QoZp3Pmjp #letsreadtogether
The worst part of researching is the more I learn the more I learn I don’t know anything. Research begets more research. I’m stuck in an eternal loop. Farewell, World! Pythagorean numerology and the Chartes cathedral own me now.
1.8 million kids in Sweden went to school maskless in the spring of 2020. Not a single child died, teachers were not at high risk, and Sweden saw no learning loss. American kids aren’t behind “due to the pandemic.” They’re behind because of disastrous and unscientific policies.