Conversations with Marsha: Francisco Villalobos on How to Disagree Agreeably
Marsha talks about how to have productive conversations with Francisco Villalobos. Francisco is a philosophy instructor and Owner of Inner Strength Fitness Consulting, New York City. Educated in philosophy and classical rhetoric, Francisco specializes in strength coaching for baby boomers. His strength coaching practice brings a distinctively philosophical approach to exercise, nutrition, and motivation. An avid […]
Conversations with Marsha: Scott Hambrick of Online Great Books
Scott Hambrick is the Founder & Reader-in-Chief of Online Great Books (OGB). He and Charity, his wife of 20 years, home school their two daughters. After getting some serious skin in the educational game, Scott became more rigorous about his own continuing education. This interest lead to the creation of OGB. Scott hopes to introduce […]
Conversations with Marsha: Paul Rosenberg on homeschooling
Marsha talks with Paul Rosenberg about homeschooling. Paul is the father of four children, all now doing very well in high level professions. He’s the author of TheFreemansPerspective.com and owner of the Cryptohippie.vpn company is a is contributing editor for Power Outlet Magazine, past president of the Fiber Optic Association and teaches electrical engineering courses […]
Would You Like To Be Able To Talk About Politics Without Talking About Politics?
“It is a sign of crudity and indigestion to throw up what we have eaten in the same condition it was swallowed down; and the stomach has not performed its office, if it has not altered the figure and shape of what was committed to it for concoction…Let the tutor make his pupil thoroughly sift […]
Active Listening and Independent Judgment
Be “careful not to ask [your] questions of the [students]. Only when they seek to answer questions which they themselves ask, do they commit themselves to the hard work of finding answers that are meaningful to them…give only as much guidance and encouragement as is necessary to elicit the students’ interest.”— Maria Montessori Inspiration should […]
Developing Your Creativity—Essential to the Economy of the Future
“What I cannot create, I do not understand.” — Richard Feynman More and more jobs today are being automated—from automations that are basic such as order-taking to complex judgments such as facial recognition. If you don’t want to be left behind, it’s your creativity that will keep you employed! Machines, however smart, just can’t do […]
Why Bother With the Classic Great Books?
“You need not know of the doctrines and writings of the great masters of antiquity, you need not have heard of their names, none the less you are under the spell of their authority.” Theodore Gomperz, Austrian philosopher and specialist in the Greeks, quoted by Erwin Schrodinger Do you want to be in charge of […]
Your Young Spirit Needs Fuel
On the precipice of full adult life, the young adult needs answers to the great questions: “Why am I here?” “How should I live?” “What should I do with my life?” “How should I deal with other people?” If the student is not already asking himself these questions, it is his teacher’s job to show […]
Conversations with Marsha: Video Games and the Mind
Marsha interviews Jordan Zimmerman, and Mike Shapiro, who speak to their experience as gamers and how gaming significantly boosted their professional success and intellectual growth. They also consider what cognitive, social, and other skills and knowledge can be learned from playing videogames. Jordan never went to college but is a distributed systems and cloud developer. […]
Conversations with Marsha: Mikkel Thorup on Growing Up In Canada’s Public School System
In this conversation, Marsha interviews Mikkel Thorup about his experience in Canada’s public school system. Mikkel relays the harrowing, painful moments which led him to leave Canada and vigorously pursue the life of his dreams. Today, Mikkel is the director at EscapeArtist.com and hosts the Expat Money Show. ???????? ?????: Escape Artist – EscapeArtist.comThe Expat […]
