Thoughts on the Bible and Life
Choosing what to do with your life is not easy so in a previous post I listed eight options for life after high school. Currently, nearly 70% of U.S. high school graduates are choosing to immediately enroll in a 4-year or 2-year college. But that decision does not work out well for everyone. About a … Read more
This post is for those who have decided to attend a 4-year college or university directly after high school. (If you are not sure about your future plans and want to consider your options, read this post.) The process is daunting for many people, but don’t worry, you will get through it. Millions do every … Read more
“What am I going to do after high school?” is a difficult question for many teenagers. The common answer, “Go to college” only leads to more difficult questions, “Where?” and “What major?” If you are only 16 or 17 years old, how can you answer these questions? You barely know yourself, you have not heard … Read more
I have written blog posts on the history of modern schooling and the philosophy of schooling. In this post, I will consider the practical side of K-12 schooling by answering three questions. First, what’s good about the traditional school model? Second, what’s bad about the traditional school model? Third, what would a school look like … Read more
“Why do I have to go to school?” “Why do we have to study this?” “What’s the point?” These types of questions put me on a long-term search to understand the origin of compulsory schooling. The Search Begins My search was fueled by bold critiques of traditional schooling written by John Taylor Gatto (1935-2018), author of Dumbing … Read more