Monthly Archives: April 2020

Have You Read? The Abolition of Man

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Poem: No poem, Jason tortures Steve with Spanish instead 

Statement of the Whole: Is all truth relative, or are there some things that all men can agree upon?  The implications of this issue on education cannot be overstated.  If all truth is relative to the individual, or to culture, or anything, then education cannot cultivate wisdom and virtue, because it cannot assert any one thing as wise or virtuous.  With adept skill, C.S. Lewis brought this to bear in his small work, The Abolition of Man.  Jason and Steve talk their way through his insights in this podcast review of Lewis’ work. 

Resources: 

A great blog about Lewis, among others: click here 

The official CS Lewis website 

What Do You Do When Truth Sneaks into the Classroom?

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Allowing space for profundity, welcoming revelation. 

Poem: “Adam’s Curse” by William Butler Yeats 

Statement of the Whole: Many times, it is the unexpected appearance of a moment of truth that makes everything change in the classroom.  We had it planned to go this way, and then up pops the head of truth and now we are going in another direction.  The boys of Backporch Ed discuss ways to deal with this mystery, and basically bask in the glory of the unknown.  Will you join them?