I appreciated this post quite a bit. Humility and humor are good, and snobbish elitism will quickly turn people away from our mission as classical educators.
I recently worked through some similar points on classical education, and as my two cents, I’d add that I don’t think the classical western tradition is the only way someone can approach the True/Good/Beautiful. Many people will discover important Truths about the world on their own, since the Transcendentals exist apart from any one tradition.
What classical education may offer, however, is well-work experience that avoids having to reinvent the wheel.
If I met someone who’d rediscovered and learned timeless truths all on their own, I’d probably be a bit in awe of them. I had it handed to me.
As a classical home educating parent I'm always surprised at how people balk at the name classical education but if I posted this quote from your article " “grades” were downplayed and growth in virtue was played up." They would love it! I hope that one day parents will recognize all the many virtues of classical education. Btw I relate so much to not being classically educated myself but now learning with my kids. It's such a beautiful way to be trained. I hope I'll be one of those people helping drive forward these ideas more ❤️
I appreciated this post quite a bit. Humility and humor are good, and snobbish elitism will quickly turn people away from our mission as classical educators.
I recently worked through some similar points on classical education, and as my two cents, I’d add that I don’t think the classical western tradition is the only way someone can approach the True/Good/Beautiful. Many people will discover important Truths about the world on their own, since the Transcendentals exist apart from any one tradition.
What classical education may offer, however, is well-work experience that avoids having to reinvent the wheel.
If I met someone who’d rediscovered and learned timeless truths all on their own, I’d probably be a bit in awe of them. I had it handed to me.
https://open.substack.com/pub/gruntledhistoryteacher/p/the-polis-of-the-educated?r=1lxzil&utm_medium=ios
As a classical home educating parent I'm always surprised at how people balk at the name classical education but if I posted this quote from your article " “grades” were downplayed and growth in virtue was played up." They would love it! I hope that one day parents will recognize all the many virtues of classical education. Btw I relate so much to not being classically educated myself but now learning with my kids. It's such a beautiful way to be trained. I hope I'll be one of those people helping drive forward these ideas more ❤️