In the Trenches

As Hemingway once said, "It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing.”Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking with students about the drama of Holy Week.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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And if it is, so what? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ivan shops at TJ Maxx.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Characters in Ivan Ilyich may be closer than he appears.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Revenge of the agreeable life. Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's only right that we should live agreeable lives, right?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Death will always be a stranger.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Upon learning of Ivan's death, his friends get practical. Is that so wrong?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For all those who wanted to attend the Fall Literature Retreat but couldn't, here's your chance.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Parent-teacher conferences naturally incline toward banalities, but you can get a lot out of them with a little preparation.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are understandable reasons for saying, "No," but the answer is, "Yes."Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The distinction between "History/English people" and "Math/Science people" is overplayed. What do we do about it?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What would you ask a Medieval onion farmer? Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Should teachers brag that their students don't know how they vote?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stop offering professional development and start incentivizing it. Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's a lot of lectures out there on how to teach a book well, but what if you want to teach a book badly?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why is the typical commencement address so dreadfully dull? Joshua Gibbs investigates.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if classical Christian schools tried harder to accommodate families that are genuinely zealous for classical education?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

School vibes only.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you give a bunch of teenagers a "transformative" experience at a museum?This episode is sponsored by the CiRCE Institute's Leisure conference (May 15-16). Register for the conference here: https://circeinstitute.org/events/leisure-the-cultivation-of-the-mind-and-the-soul/Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First, what is cynicism?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Joshua Gibbs and Beatrice Gibbs read a dialogue from "A Parley with Youth."Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A few thoughts on the history of romance (which your students will find intriguing). Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joshua Gibbs talks with Mandi Gerth about many things, including wonder's crossover to the mainstream.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You've noticed this, right?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many, many Christian youth ministers are becoming classical teachers. Is this good? Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone knows that the rhetoric stage exists. What this episode presupposes is, "Maybe it doesn't?"Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tell me you're flourishing without telling me you're "flourishing." Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's say you get a job at a classical school, and you love it, but you don't really fit in. But you want to fit in. You want to "be classical." How do you get there?Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, your questions. Also, shoutouts to great administrators from teachers.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is it interesting to call something "interesting"? It can be.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There is an easier way. Trust me. Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Be all you can be. Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let me be honest.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is just the beginning.Visit The Classical Teaching Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.