Forming Future Followers
Nearly every college and university in the country advertises itself as educating future "leaders." I am not as impressed as perhaps I should be.
Nearly every college and university in the country advertises itself as educating future "leaders." I am not as impressed as perhaps I should be.
Our schools are failing not because of what happens in the classroom, but because of what happens—or more to the point, what doesn't happen—at the dinner table. If we wish to be a serious people, then we must bolster our institutions with the power to humanize and domesticate the bedlam within us all.
In what we all hope is the emerging wake of COVID-19, many are urging Catholic schools to take advantage of the admirable adaptiveness, dedication and resourcefulness they demonstrated during the crisis to enhance the appeal of Catholic education by finding ways to bring all of the unique offerings of their Catholic character center stage.
Progressive educators call it "drill and kill," but learning poetry by heart empowers kids.
It's time for Catholic education to rediscover its core purpose.
The title of this talk is: Logos: In the beginning was the Word—The nature and power of language. After some further prayer and reflection, I would like to add a subtitle to the talk: The end of education!
A friend of mine recently told me that he and his wife (devout Catholics) had decided to cancel their Disney+ subscription for their elementary school–aged children.
Even before I met my now-husband, I became socially plugged into the network of homeschooling families in my state and began planning on homeschooling my future children.
"He who is ignorant of what happened before his birth," warned Cicero, "is forever a child."
To all of you I say: do not be victims of the culture.