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 …
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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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Laws for Freedom’s Sake
Liberty For All The more time that I spend learning, the more that I am convinced that story is the best way to learn. There is something infectious about it. Stories get into the bones of a person that just won’t let go. The younger that a person can hear the right stories and be …
No Matter Your Path, We All Have One Center
The Center of It All It is strange that the summer is heating up and winding down all of a sudden. School is upon us. Those of us who teach are looking forward to the new year with new students and subjects. I have yet to learn exactly what I will be teaching this year, …
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Why Christians Have a Duty to Defy/Defend Some Governing Authorities
There is a reason that America is called the Great Experiment. It was founded at a time of great political and religious turmoil. The time of the 1500s-1800s was a time of revolts, secessions, and schisms. Countries, rulers, and churches were all coming and going. I’m welcomed to being fact checked, but as far as …
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Universal Education Frustrates Human Growth
or Why Educating Everyone is a Bad Idea I remember a time that my mother asked me what I wanted to do with my life. I think I was around 7th or 8thgrade. I was a kid. I had no idea. I told her that I didn’t know, but I did know that I would not …
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The Problem with Useful Education
A History of Pragmatic Education When I began teaching, I almost exclusively taught mathematics. I had students ranging from third grade through twelfth grade. A common question that I was asked particularly by the junior higher was, “When am I ever going to use this?” Now this is a legitimate question for a student to …
A Defense of Pure Theology
As a follow up from my previous post, there is a reality that what you believe is vital to how you live your life. What you do really does depend upon your doctrine. To push this all the way to the corners of your life, it is best to start with some definitions. Doctrine is …
A Modern View of Reality
Since man has started to write down thoughts for how the world works, there has been a division among thought systems on the source of truth. Each side has been clarified over the years and there have been additions and tangents off of each main branch, yet the division has been the same. There has …