Musings
These are the short articles from the weekly Mount Hope Lutheran School Newsletter. Topics include poems, paintings, great literary works, and the philosophy of classical education. You can browse through past articles here on the website, and you can subscribe to receive new ones in your inbox using the form on this page.
Putting the Report Back into Report Cards
Mark this well: report cards are reports to parents. Teachers serve on behalf of parents in educating their children.
The Purpose of History
Should you be mindful of what has been, the better you will plan for what will be. – Isocrates
For Glory and for Beauty
When it comes to beautiful things, like poetry or paintings or sunsets, to argue about usefulness is to argue on the wrong grounds entirely.
Our Children Are Human Beings, Part II
If we properly understand man’s nature, then we will teach him of Christ’s righteousness and we will teach him virtue.
Our Children Are Human Beings, Part I
If something is worth imparting, it’s worth imparting repeatedly, and if it’s not imparted repeatedly, then it’s never really imparted at all.
In Praise of the Simple Life
AH! what is love? It is a pretty thing,
As sweet unto a shepherd as a king,
And sweeter too!
In the Beginning…
God’s Word began the world, and it’s fitting that his Word should begin our school year as well.
We Shall Not Educate for Vanity
As Christians, we educate our children so that they will learn to despise the fool’s gold of earth and store up treasures in heaven.
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