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Teenagers: They can achieve so much more 0
- Culture
- December 29, 2015
Without a doubt, if you’re a regular follower of Intellectual Takeout, you’ve probably noticed our critiques of the modern education system. For some, any critique of the education system means we must be “anti-education”. Here’s a bit of reality: One can be for “education” while also being thoroughly disappointed in the current “education system”. One
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Why does evil triumph?0
- Culture
- December 29, 2015
There’s a popular, internet quote attributed to Edmund Burke that you’ll see people of all political stripes use with some frequency: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” While the sentiment may be somewhat true, the attribution of the quote is not. Nonetheless, it’s a worthy point
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Wow! This College’s Curriculum is VERY Impressive!0
- Education
- December 28, 2015
If you’re going to focus on the liberal arts in college, you might as well do it right. St. John’s College in Annapolis and Santa Fe is one of those places where you can “do it right.” They offer a program that “immerses students in reading great books and in lively and unmediated conversation with
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10 Quotes from the Education System’s Most Infamous Critic 1
- Education
- December 28, 2015
John Taylor Gatto is one of the biggest critics of the modern education system. He’s also someone who knows it intimately, having been a public school teacher in New York City for 26 years. In 1991, after receiving the New York State Teacher of the Year award, Gatto penned a famous letter for the Wall
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Homeschooling on the Rise Both in the U.S. and Elsewhere 0
- Education
- December 28, 2015
Earlier this year, Breitbart news announced a startling figure: the number of homeschooled children in the U.S. rose 61.8% in the last decade. But according to a recent BBC report, the U.S. is not the only country seeing such a dramatic rise in homeschooling. In the last six years, the U.K. has experienced a 65%
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Learning from Lynyrd 0
- Culture
- December 24, 2015
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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