If you would prefer to watch something than read if, you can find the video version of this here. We are a decent ways away from Reformation Day, but in my Omni V class, we are in full swing with some reformers. I assigned a discussion questions for my students and their families to talk about …
Category Archives: Books You Should Have Read
How do Cicero, Trump, and the French Revolution Fit Together?
If you would like to see this instead of read it, you may find the video here. Welcome to another episode of The Doctor’s In. Today, we are looking back in order to look ahead, which is the right way to view history. Mankind has a weird way of repeating itself, getting into similar cycles that …
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How to Get Ahead by Looking Behind
A Christian’s Need for Review If you would prefer to watch this instead of reading it, here is a link to the video. Welcome back to another episode of The Doctor’s In. Today, I am drinking beer because if one is talking about Martin Luther, the only thing to do is drink beer. Now, I don’t have …
Bible Reading Plan 2025
As another revolution around the sun, I see all the things I did not accomplish this last year. To me, this is fine. I make plans all the time that always take longer than I think they are going to take. I think this is something that is inherently human. Does this stop me from …
Dust in the Eyes is Good for the Soul
Over the last few years of being a teacher, I have asked a lot of students to read mountains of pages that most Americans would see as a breaking of the Eighth Amendment. Some have balked at my requests. Some have silently refused them. Some have been brave enough to protest my requirements. While some …
You Mean What I Know
Guerrilla Education: Teaching From the Trenches (Part 3&4) There is something glorious about thinking logically. It’s fun because if A, then B. If B, then C. If C, then D, and way we go down the road. It’s glorious because if one knows that a person is starting off at A, then one can guess …
Do Kids Just Need a Slap to the Head?
Guerrilla Education : Teaching From the Trenches (Part 2) There once was a time in the not too distant past that any education was seen as a blessing and a gift. Most people before 200-300 years ago did not know even how to read. It was a skill for the upper class. Reading was a way …
Guerrilla Education: Teaching From the Trenches (Part 1)
You are what you teach If I have any expertise to my name, I would say that I am an expert learner. This is not to brag but more to say that I have spent more time in my life learning than anything else. I have been in school longer than any other job I …
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The First Book You Have to Read
At this point, I am pretty well settled into my life as a perpetual student. I am working on my second Master’s and first Doctorate degree and I hope that at the time that I have finished, I will have spent a total of 37 months getting these degrees. If you like math like I …