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This great blog post by Maira Kalman of the NY Times sums up why I love teaching Franklin! Read her blog post here Here’s a taste of her post. Franklin has much to teach both young and old about a life of learning and productivity. To see my course on Franklin at The Library Table click here. Happy [...] Technique I work on the premise that iron sharpens iron. To advance intellectually, we must run the mind up against even harder and sharper steel in the form of great writing about great ideas by great people. I work to ensure that this interaction creates the quantity and quality of friction that sharpens without cutting. See Mortimer [...] Curious and/or gifted elementary and middle school students. Click here for more on classical tutoring. The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty. – Theodore Parker Learning to read deeply requires patience and practice. [...] Classical tutoring defined: Private instruction given to a student by a highly skilled teacher focused solely on helping the student build a strong, broad academic base from which to build a habit of excellent life-long learning. These tutors often used the proven Enlightenment techniques of the Trivium and Quadrivium. In days of yore, only the extremely wealthy could afford this best of [...] Like a ship heading across a wine-dark sea, the course of our lives can be greatly affected by small changes early in the voyage. Over time, small changes in direction lead to vastly different destinations. “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.” - Plato A [...] |
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