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Discipline Produces Freedom (Masterclass in Writing, Part 4)

February 12, 2018 by Royce Francis No Comments

There is a question I have been thinking of for some time now: “What does it mean to say that I am free?” Closely related to this is: “Can I truly be free?”

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Finding Your Voice, Life in the Academy, Resources for ESN Members, Science Corner Tagged With: discipline, Engineering, freedom, Masterclass, Masterclass in Writing 2018 Series, reading, writing

Journalism Notes: Afflicting the Comfortable

June 28, 2016 by Jeff Neely No Comments

Adding to the 11 journalists who have died in the line of duty this year, NPR photojournalist David Gilkey and his interpreter, Zabihullah Tamanna, were killed June 5 when their Humvee, part of an Afghan army convoy, was hit by rocket propelled grenades during a Taliban ambush.

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: freedom, journalism notes, Suffering, Voice of the Martyrs

How Schools Fail Democracy

September 30, 2009 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

Do schools fail democracy, as argued by E.D. Hirsch Jr., in How Schools Fail Democracy (The Chronicle Review, 9/28/2009)?  Personally, I have been frustrated by public education’s emphasis on skill development for check-lists, competitions, and test-taking with low reference to exposing students to common culture, core values, and must reads (i.e., classics).  As a parent, […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Public Intellectuals, The University Tagged With: academic culture, common knowledge, end of education, freedom

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