The father of a family who recently applied wrote the following in answer to an application question: I desire to raise children who love their souls more than their bodies, who love others’s souls more than their own, who love and fear God and His divinely-appointed authorities, including and especially the generations of wise fathersContinue reading “What kind of people will your children become?”
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Why Start a School?
The good school does not just offer what the student or the parent or the state desires, but it says something about what these three ought to desire. A school is fundamentally a normative, not a utilitarian, institution, governed by the wise, not by the many. It judges man as an end, not as aContinue reading “Why Start a School?”
Field Day Fridays
One of the beautiful things about the university model at St. Francis Classical Academy is the time and flexibility afforded to families and children to learn, explore, and create. Because classes are held Monday through Thursday, families have the opportunity on Fridays to continue book-studies at home or to wander off in pursuit of otherContinue reading “Field Day Fridays”
There’s leadership and then there’s…
I do not place much stock in the idea of leadership as it is represented by books about leadership and by modern leadership training and coaching. As long as leadership means acquiring or maintaining power in an attempt to “win” or “execute” or bring about some form of prosperity, success, teamsmanship, financial viability, diversity, orContinue reading “There’s leadership and then there’s…”
Q & A
Question Express your thoughts on the essay, The Lost Tools of Learning and the book, Norms and Nobility. Answer The Lost Tools of Learning I share Sayers’ concerns about the sad state of modern thought and education. It is apparent that the modern approach to education is insufficient to create careful thinkers, debaters, and citizens.Continue reading “Q & A”
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