Javert and the Weight of Shame
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is one of the most deeply beautiful books I have ever read. Les Miserables the musical is a masterpiece of adaptation. The melodic beauty which grips our attention from the earliest moments of the musical is best felt through the deepest of all questions, “who am I?” The Oracle of…
The Leslie Knope Approach to Work and Life
In The Abolition of man, CS Lewis writes, “the task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” Elsewhere Lewis writes that the, “Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.” He then goes on to to say that we are “half-hearted creatures.” If you have spent…
Castaways and the Raft Home – By Meghan and James Ranieri
There is nothing like watching iconic movies while on break. You can set aside work for a moment and immerse yourself in a narrative. As classical educators, we are tempted to include the reading of great literature in this sentiment. We hope to write a piece in the coming months on Susanna Clarke’s new book,…
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