by Dr. John Scholl, Academic Dean and Rhetoric Director This year, the TCS ninth graders are engaged in a four part study of the ancient world—Israel, Greece, Rome, and early Christianity—and at each stop along our journey we have analyzed heroes, men and women who were idolized by these cultures. Thus far, we have compiled a long list of men …
The Impact of Great Books
by Dr. John Scholl, Academic Dean and Rhetoric School Director I recently attended the Annual Conference of the Society for Classical Learning (SCL), amidst the beautiful setting of Stone Mountain, Georgia. The conference was encouraging, inspirational, and challenging. In this article, I would like to share some of the reflections I had about the value of reading Great Books. The …
The Gospel of Flatland
By Dr. Lindsey Scholl, Logic School Director Imagine that you were flat as a pancake – flatter, even. And not only are you flat, but everyone and everything in your world is also flat. In fact, you are only a shape and your world is two-dimensional. How would such a world look to you? How could you tell the difference …
Thrill, Son of Werva – Part 5 of 10
Original fiction by Dr. Lindsey Scholl, Logic School Academic Director Links to previous installments: Part 1: We meet Thrill the goblin. He is fascinated by the Declaration of Goblin Rights, which stands as a monument to goblin pride, though no one can read all the words carved into the high, dark cavern wall. Part 2: Thrill admits to his co-worker, …
Thrill, Son of Werva – Part 4 of 10
Original fiction by Dr. Lindsey Scholl, Logic School Academic Director Links to previous installments: Part 1: We meet Thrill the goblin. He is fascinated by the Declaration of Goblin Rights, which stands as a monument to goblin pride, though no one can read all the words carved into the high, dark cavern wall. Part 2: Thrill admits to his co-worker, …
Thrill, Son of Werva – Part 3 of 10
Original fiction by Dr. Lindsey Scholl, Logic School Academic Director Links to previous installments: Part 1: We meet Thrill the goblin. He is fascinated by the Declaration of Goblin Rights, which stands as a monument to goblin pride, though no one can read all the words carved into the high, dark cavern wall. Part 2: Thrill admits to his co-worker, …
Thrill, Son of Werva – Part 2 of 10
Original fiction by Dr. Lindsey Scholl, Logic School Academic Director Link to previous installment: Part 1: We meet Thrill the goblin. He is fascinated by the Declaration of Goblin Rights, which stands as a monument to goblin pride, though no one can read all the words carved into the high, dark cavern wall. Part 2: Thrill admits to a crime. …
Thrill, Son of Werva – Part I of 10
Original fiction by Dr. Lindsey Scholl, Logic School Academic Director We all know that we should encourage our children to read and that we should read to them. We also know that as our children get older, it can become difficult to find something appropriate to offer them. It is therefore in the spirit of easy access to edifying, enjoyable literature …
The Awakening Power of Poetry
by Kate Weise, TCS Grammar School teacher “Poetry was formerly the universal medium wherein human beings expressed and evaluated their highest ideals. We are now in a post-poetry world, where we would rather turn to amusements crafted precisely to distract us away from such deep consideration.”–Douglas Bond, Forgotten Songs Douglas Bond is right. Aside from the occasionally poetic lyrics found …
There is No Other Stream
by Neil Anderson, Head of School In our lunchroom Narnia reading, we have picked up this year with The Silver Chair. Here is a passage we encountered a couple weeks ago. It documents Jill Pole’s first encounter with Aslan after she has been without water for an extended period of time: “Are you not thirsty?” said the Lion. “I am …
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