by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Mar 9, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
The Athenian philosopher Socrates taught that the proper education of children safeguards the integrity and durability of civilization. Why? Because the “proper” education of children – a classical education – ensures that the mind, body, and soul of each student are...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Mar 5, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
For me, the heart of the nature poem has always been grounded in its need to pronounce—again and again—that the world is and for no reason. The journals of Lewis and Clark, replete with the struggle and urgency to find a language for the expanse and abundance of the...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Feb 27, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. I spent sometime earlier this month reading through quotes of the Civil Rights...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Feb 25, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
[Post #5 on Vigen Guroian’s Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken A Child’s Moral Imagination] In this final post on Guroian’s Tending the Heart of Virtue, we’ll review and reflect upon the content of chapters 5-6 as well as the book’s conclusion,...
by Dr. Gaelan Gilbert | Feb 21, 2020 | Headmaster Articles
[Post #4 on Guroian, Tending the Heart of Virtue, chapters 2-4] In our last post on Guroian’s great book, we discussed the difference between virtues and values, and how classical stories narrate the transformation of the human person through the acquisition and...
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