Education


The Iliad Is My Odyssey
This book has been in the making for 10+ years, if not 3,000. In a way, you could say The Iliad is my odyssey!
Nov 9, 20244 min read


Pin This Poem to Your Wall. Seriously.
I have little patience for poets. More often than not, my attitude towards this admirable artistic medium runs more along the lines of, "Spit it out, already!" than, "Oh, what a beautiful metaphor!"
Nov 8, 20243 min read


Are Textbooks Just 'CliffsNotes' for History?
I'm currently reading Britton LaTulippe's Revealing School: Discover What School Is Really Doing to Your Kids , and one of his claims is...
Nov 3, 20245 min read


The Best Book You've Never Read (Farewell, Maggie Smith)
I can't be the only person who grew up thinking "good books" and "school books" were mutually exclusive categories. Now that I'm older...
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Beauty and the Assembly Line: How Modernism Destroyed Classical Architecture
Why is classical architecture almost universally beautiful, while anything "modern" is some shapeless monstrosity of concrete, steel, and...
Aug 30, 20244 min read


No, English Classes Shouldn’t Be Using ChatGPT
I’ve noticed an alarming trend in society lately, and it’s to no one’s benefit. Flipping the knowledge of previous generations on its...
Sep 7, 20234 min read


How to Write the Perfect 5-Paragraph Essay
People like to think that each essay is unique. With every new prompt, we must start from zero with a blank page and new ideas. Not so,...
May 9, 20231 min read


Why History Is Quickly Becoming the Most Important Subject
When I was a middle school history teacher, I sometimes felt like my class wasn’t as “important” as the others. The insecure corner of...
Mar 25, 20235 min read


We Have a Major Problem.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we have a major problem. Our education system is an incoherent hodgepodge of asinine theories,...
Jan 16, 20239 min read