As I watched, I thought, Why don’t we—those of us considered to have “all” abilities—greet each other this way, with a natural jubilance, excitement, and love for life and each other? The post Flipping the Script appeared first on The Classical Difference.| The Classical Difference
I want to encourage you to hit pause before you begin making all those lists and aiming for all the prizes. The post Ten Tips for Reading More This Summer appeared first on The Classical Difference.| The Classical Difference
Television’s way of knowing is the operating system of modern life: it goes on in the background, without awareness, and we simply take this as a given. The post Forty Years Later: Revisiting Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death appeared first on The Classical Difference.| The Classical Difference
Modern Christians often see heaven simply as a destination after death—the place of angels and God. But in a classical context, heaven is where ideals are real. The post Virtue and the Really Real appeared first on The Classical Difference.| The Classical Difference
Classical Christian education gives children the opportunity to develop the virtue of fortitude among people who love and support them so they are prepared to engage, or at least persevere, in a world that often has an averse and sometimes violent reaction to the gospel message. The post Finishing the Year with Fortitude appeared first on The Classical Difference.| The Classical Difference
The Sirens’ song must be resisted, but how? There are two ways, according to Homer. The post Singing a Sweeter Song appeared first on The Classical Difference.| The Classical Difference
How do you get someone to love Johann Sebastian Bach when they would rather listen to Taylor Swift? The post What if I Don’t Like Bach? appeared first on The Classical Difference.| The Classical Difference
You’ve probably heard the phrase “truth, goodness, and beauty” repeated more than once at your child’s school. These words roll off the tongue as though they’re similar to each other, but one of the three is so much harder to teach. The post How Do You Teach Beauty? appeared first on The Classical Difference.| The Classical Difference
When we think of great artists from the past, we usually don’t associate them with political movements. But this misses something key about politics: someone always has to be telling the story. And prior to the invention of a camera, you needed an artist for that.| The Classical Difference
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Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above. By: Julia Carney When my children were young, our days were filled with things that seemed little: learning how to put […]| The Classical Difference
HBO is telling stories that become social justice movements. Parents have a big job. If you’re a classical, Christian parent, that job is bigger. The real burden of this sort of education is shouldered at home and around the dinner table. You digest the day’s lessons, manage sibling debates, and contextualize homework assignments […]| The Classical Difference
Have Questions About Classical Christian Education? We are here to help! Q:Why do classical schools teach Rhetoric, and what is it? A:Socrates was put on trial in Athens 2,400 years ago with several accusations, one of which was “making the weaker argument appear to be the stronger and teaching this technique to others.” Socrates was […]| The Classical Difference
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By David Goodwin In October, 2023, a social media user posted about her surprise after a random conversation revealed her husband thought of Rome several times every day. The post went viral. After women began asking men about Rome and posting similar results, the topic became a trend in social media posts, memes, and articles. […]| The Classical Difference