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The Stalagmite Episode
The Poem: “Shine, Perishing Republic,” by Robinson Jeffers
Statement of the Whole: Well, we have been working up to it for the last couple of episodes, and here it finally is: one of the most famous analogies of all time. Plato presents to us a detailed picture of a cave and how it relates to truth, life, education, and really almost everything. Jason and Steve have fun in the dark, and then the blinding light. Come spelunking with us!
- The Cave, presented in simplicity
What does it mean?
How does all this come into the classroom?
- Less about pedagogy and method and more about what is happening in the soul of the teacher
- Truth is way more powerful than any given teacher, classroom, method, etc. – so rest in its power