🎁 Just read *The Pie, The Penny & The Pyramid* by @GaryHouston — the graduation gift I wish I got at 18.
🍰 Pie = Priorities
��� Penny = Paycheck
🔺 Pyramid = Purpose
Real talk for teens entering the workforce.
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While we read Greek authors such as Homer, Sophocles, and Plato, the goal isn't to treat their works as distant scholarly objects but to help students perceive the broad contours of Western civilization.
Two orienting themes help:
• Reason, individuality, and virtue in Greek literature
• Monotheism, obedience to the law, and piety in the Judeo-Christian tradition
These themes can serve as lifelong organizing principles, both for one’s personal life and for understanding the tradition we inhabit.
With more advanced study in high school and beyond, students should trace the long arc of Western civilization: the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Modernity.
These should not be mere topics in a history book but lived experiences, achieved by engaging with authors who articulate foundational ideas.
@SciInTheMaking Well done!!! The workforce needs young people who can hold a pencil and print legibly!! I like to remind them that people will think they are smarter if they print neat.