(What Every Parent, Teacher, and Student Should Know) The New Rules The Millennial Generation (born between 1982 and 2001) started entering the job market in about 2004. Since then they have grown as a percentage of those in the work force (this will continue until [...]
The Size of Dreams “Dad, why do teachers think their students should only have small dreams?” I just about choked on my bottled water. “What?” I sputtered. “Well, before I tell you, don’t make me quit the public school class I’m taking, okay?” I laughed. [...]
The New Problem Time magazine and The Economist recently ran articles on education and career, and how the changing economy has made the current conveyor-belt style of schooling almost entirely obsolete—for everything except low-paying jobs. The Atlantic ran a similar article showing that American workers [...]
Stand Up! I read somewhere, I forget where, that the only people who ever get a truly great education are those who just plain stand up and demand one. They do this in spite of schools, bureaucracies, and the educational system—not because of these things. [...]
Writing In Books is Vital to Real Learning “Are you kidding me?” I asked in amazement. “Are you serious?” The girl must have been surprised by my intensity, because she asked carefully, “Is something wrong?” “Are you seriously telling me that your parents don’t want [...]
by Oliver DeMille “As Father had taught him, he did not believe the first explanation his mind leapt to. ‘It will often be right, and as you get more experience of life is will usually be right. But it will never be reliably right, and [...]
by Oliver DeMille The Libraries of Great Men I recently read an interesting and fun article by Jeremy Anderberg entitled “The Libraries of Great Men: Theodore Roosevelt’s Reading List.” It’s an excellent read. For example, Anderberg wrote: “Reading books by your ‘mentors’—even if they’re long [...]
by Oliver DeMille Classics and Freedom I didn’t study freedom because I loved the classics. I studied classics because I loved freedom. I know other people have taken their own path, as they should. But for me Thomas Jefferson combines these two great traditions—classics and [...]
Discuss: How do we educate our children to take their place in the economies of the 21st Century? How do we educate our children so that they have a sense of cultural identity? The problem is, we're trying to meet the future by doing what [...]
by Oliver DeMille Inspire Recently our married daughter got involved in a discussion we were having online with some friends about the meaning of "Inspire". She commented that in her experience (and being raised in the heart of TJEd, she has a really unique and [...]
