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  • Learning in Spite of Disadvantage

    Learning in Spite of Disadvantage0

    Many governmental policies today are attempting to eliminate disadvantages between students in the education system. In particular, much attention has been focused on policies designed to eliminate the “achievement gap” between white and non-white students. But do minority students today also need to seek to overcome disadvantages through their own efforts? The life of Frederick

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  • Learning How to Not Be a Snowflake

    Learning How to Not Be a Snowflake0

    Resilience, a crucial emotional attribute for a happy and successful life, is in decline across college campuses and workplaces.  The head of counseling at one major university recently observed “a decrease in the ability of many young people to manage the everyday bumps in the road of life.” In a memo, which was shared by

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  • Learning How to Avoid the Mental Illness of Politics

    Learning How to Avoid the Mental Illness of Politics18

    Dr. Thomas Insel is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who served as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health from 2002-2015. In December 2023 he noted that since the Covid pandemic 38% more Americans were receiving some type of mental health care. “We are facing three distinct crises, which partially overlap,” Insel contends. The first is a

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  • Learning Greek and Latin Will Be Key to Renewing the West

    Learning Greek and Latin Will Be Key to Renewing the West1

    Last week, various headlines proclaimed that there’s a “cut-off age” of 17 or 18 if you want to learn a new language.    The headlines were generated by a new study published by MIT researchers, and based on analysis of a grammar quiz they gave to 670,000 people. The researchers found that people “remain very skilled at

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  • Learning from Lynyrd

    Learning from Lynyrd0

    Since Black Friday, we’ve been in peak-consumerism mode. It probably won’t end until after New Year’s Day. Ironically, while Thanksgiving and Christmas are rooted in Christian tradition and outlook, there is little left of Christianity’s influence on those holidays. These days, Thanksgiving is less about giving thanks to the Almighty and more about preparing for

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  • Learning from a Little Princess

    Learning from a Little Princess0

    • August 31, 2015

    When it comes to life lessons, classic children’s books have a special way of conveying truths and wisdom. They don’t beat a child over the head or talk down to the child. Instead, the child comes to identify with the characters, seeing who is good and who is bad, and learning from the dialogue. The

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