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FW: Building my brain furniture through the classics

Classical Education in WORLD magazine…

 

Feed: WORLDmag.com
Posted on: Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:53 AM
Author: Chelsea Kolz
Subject: Building my brain furniture through the classics

 

An old roommate told me that if one walks late into a conversation, one should listen for 15 minutes before speaking. The principle serves as a good metaphor for education, much as I hate to admit it. Because getting educated means preparing to join a very old, very big conversation. It takes patience. I met this peculiar thing called "classical education" my senior year of public high school, just about the time I was teaching myself to paint and to love classic rock 'n' roll.


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