On Virtue in Education
Moral formation is an essential component of academic education. This may be a shock to some, most likely due to the modern divorce between academics and religion; however, the best education takes into consideration both the intellectual and the moral development of students. Typically when we think of academia, the courses …
2015 Rolling Acres School Video Essay Scholarship
Who? Any current or prospective RAS student or Schola Rosa family. What? The chance to earn a scholarship for $250 towards a Rolling Acres School course or Schola Rosa curriculum purchase When? The Contest begins 5/15/2015 and ends 7/1/2015. How? Create a one to two minute video that answers the …
Dinner with Socrates, No. 2 ~ Happy Farmers?
Poetry ~ God’s Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with …
The “Flipped Classroom” – What It Is and How We Use It
Dinner with Socrates, No. 1 ~ Cultural Collapse
Reading: Christopher Dawson, “Christianity as the Soul of the West” Overview: Culturally, we seem to be standing on a precipice. One more step and the West will tumble down into moral oblivion. Modernity has been rapidly stripping away its Christian foundation, attempting to create something that it perceives to be better. …
Book Review – The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What It Means To Be an Educated Human Being
Salutations! Welcome to the Bosconian
Purpose and Goals. The idea of the Bosconian has its genesis in the desire for an online journal that investigates the interplay between education and culture. This journal seeks to differentiate itself from other similar efforts in its focus upon the close connection between education and the formation of culture and …
