A return to classical education
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:56:53
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 2 pages (457 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 2 pages (457 words)
Paideia: the process of educating a young person, associated with a classical education. PY-DEE-A. It should be of little surprise that, as American society seems to be gradually shifting back to traditional patterns of thought in the fine arts and ethics, a small, but growing, group is emerging as proponents of classical education. Classical education consists of three stages that parallel the cognitive development of children: grammar, which is based heavily on memorization of facts …
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…threw it out the window. Logically, it should take only a few decades or less to reverse the system. Students and parents across the nation should demand this return to the classics for every child deserves to be taught to think. Children should not go through public school learning a little biology, a little mathematics, a little world literature, and a little history--in essence, learning a little about some things and a lot about nothing.
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