
The Great Didactic: All the young of both sexes should be sent to school
Chapter 9 – All the young of both sexes should be sent to school I was going to clean up my language when I published this post. I wrote the original a week ago and then set it aside. During that time my anger subsided and I really was going …

The Great Didactic: A.K.A. The Great Slog
Chapter 7 and 8: The Title Pretty Much Says it all Recently I was thinking about the foundation of our education system and its philosophical underpinnings. As I was doing this it dawned on me that I have only ever really read about this philosophy and I never read the …

The Great Didactic: Teachable Animal
Chapter 6: If a man is to be produced, it is necessary that he be formed by education Recently I was thinking about the foundation of our education system and its philosophical underpinnings. As I was doing this it dawned on me that I have only ever really read about …

The Great Didactic: Who’s Fault is it? Teachers Fault (kind of)
Chapter 5: The seeds of these three (learning, virtue, and piety) are naturally implanted in us. Recently I was thinking about the foundation of our education system and its philosophical underpinnings. As I was doing this it dawned on me that I have only ever really read about this philosophy …

The Great Didactic: Chapters 1-4 Dear God, Its me John
Recently I was thinking about the foundation of our education system and its philosophical underpinnings. As I was doing this it dawned on me that I have only ever really read about this philosophy and I never read the original texts. One of my summer goals is to sprinkle a …

The Great Didactic: Greetings to the Reader
Recently I was thinking about the foundation of our education system and its philosophical underpinnings. As I was doing this it dawned on me that I have only ever really read about this philosophy and I never read the original texts. One of my summer goals is to sprinkle a …

The Great Didactic: Introduction
Recently I was thinking about the foundation of our education system and its philosophical underpinnings. As I was doing this it dawned on me that I have only ever really read about this philosophy and I never read the original texts. Now I won’t say that I hold my head …