“Inspiration comes first, then teaching?”
This is the third part of the four-part series on an ideal University Education; the first part is here and the second part is here, and the fourth part is here. “First We Must Inspire, Not Just Inform” Maria Montessori, pictured below, noted that the student is a “spiritual embryo,” with his or her own innate pattern of growth […]
Dewey and Montessori: Collectivism vs Individualism in Education
The Importance of the Ethic of Trade
On Friday, March 13, Great Connections founder president Marsha Familaro Enright spoke to business people and students about the unrecognized Ethic of Trade and the good that this ethic brings to the world. Ms. Enright spoke about the deep good that business people create through their ethic of trade and yet, how little moral credit […]
Great Connections 2015: Apply now
The Great Connections program fosters active minds, empowering each individual with the knowledge, reasoning skills, and independence to understand the world and build a life of adventure and creative achievement. Do you want to be challenged to think for yourself? Do you want to gain powerful knowledge and skills that will equip you for college, for success, for […]
Why Our Children Don’t Think There Are Moral Facts
In this article on the New York Times Opinionator Blog, philosopher Justin McBrayer rightly laments the amorality rampant in the culture under the guise of cultural relativism. “[T]he overwhelming majority of college freshman in their classrooms view moral claims as mere opinions that are not true or are true only relative to a culture. ” “A misleading distinction between […]
The Insidious Path to the Death of Free Speech – and Thought
RECOMMENDED READ The maternalistic path dredged from rights protection, leading to thought control: In this Washington Post opinion piece, author, lawyer, and civil libertarian Wendy Kaminer examines “The progressive ideas behind the lack of free speech on campus.”
