A Case for the Ancient Set of Exercises Growing up going to school, I had written my share of thesis and research papers. I even passed most of them. When I started at ECS, I didn’t realize how little I knew about papers and even less about the Progymnasmata. Besides being a word that I …
Category Archives: Education
Women and War
Should Girls Watch War Movies? Recently in school, we wrapped up our time in a historical fiction book called Killer Angels. It is a great retelling of the Battle of Gettysburg, which is a gruesome and terrible battle for the U.S because it is all of our men fighting and dying in it. We were killing …
Wondering What To Do With Your Life?
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 …
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 …
The Doctor is In
If you would prefer to see this post rather than read it, you can find the video for it here. Hello and welcome to the first episode of The Doctor’s In. This is something that has been brewing in me for a few years now, and it is now time to do something about it. I …
No One Gets Out of Life Alive
Prepare to Be Irrelevant As a father, I want to give my kids a certain kind of life. Life requires work. It requires vision. It requires faith above all else. Faith in a sovereign God is the only thing that keeps me sane these days. It allows me to work my hardest, love the rest …
Getting Them from There to Here
For a guy that was born with a speech impediment, it is interesting that talking has been my job for the last 11 years. Unrelated to that, I misspeak a lot. It’s probably genetic from my mother, but we’ll just keep that under the house. Adults don’t seem to care all that much when you …
What makes a Leader?
A Commendation to our U.H. I have often said about myself that I make a great number 2. I can lead when called upon. I will lead if no one else is. But my preference is to stand behind a good leader and make them better. To take things off their plate, so they don’t …
Glory in the Mundane
Achilles, King Arthur, Aragorn, Anakin. Heroes. Every young man’s dream. I grew up with a world in my head. These men swirled through it. I always wanted to be the hero, to swing a sword and save someone, anyone. I didn’t really care who. I just wanted to matter. The story that was my real …