Tag: education
I Can Hear Music
As C.S. Lewis noted in The Abolition of Man, the souls of our youth are not jungles that need pruning but deserts that need irrigation. We could start by getting them to hear music.
The Streak: A Legendary Semester
Our participation streak brought forward more diversity of opinion and expression in the classroom while forming the students into a team with a shared objective.
A Challenge in Charity: A Review of Deep Reading
To counter dogmatic worldviews, we should read prudently and widely across time periods and cultures and not avoid difficult content because of fear.
From Culture Warriors to Agrarians
Can the rest of us afford such inaction? Yes—and that’s the point. For the travesty of modernity is its constant demand—from left or right—for action, control, and efficiency. But the first step into an agrarian attitude is to step back from such demands.
The Epic England Never Had: A Review of eÞanðun
But I reckon that eÞanðun can mix with Beowulf and Paradise Lost and not feel out of place.
Chicago Style Citation: False Futures and Utopias
The Chicago Manual of Style is not to blame for any of these trends. The editors’ decision does not shape as much as reflect our culture.
The Final Prayer of Jim Barry
—it took 40 years for me to begin to realize these words Jim silently put into my hands on that last day of class were a prayer.
A Garden of Children
If you understand that a child’s growth comes from a spark within, just as does the growth of a flower, a crystal, or a mighty oak, you might take a more trusting view of a child’s growth.
Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Review
There ought not be unnecessary opposition between Indigenous and Christian perspectives. The creative work of caring for our ecology is hard enough; let us not also misunderstand one another.
The AI Mousetrap
AI promises free cheese, but there is no such thing as a free lunch. Although we often boast about AI’s ability to create, we should instead focus the conversation on the kind of society AI produces.