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A Special Autumn Trip Up North
A few weekends ago, I did something I haven’t done since high school: I spent a weekend up at the cabin, along with Brian and the kids, during the month of October. It was beautiful, with the leaves changing and falling, the quiet lake, and the damp autumn air. We arrived at the cabin late in the evening on Friday, unpacked the van, and put the kids to bed. The air smelled like fresh rain and moisture dripped from the trees in tiny, sparkling beads. My parents always say that the cool fall nights up at the cabin make for “good sleeping weather,” and I absolutely agree. It was so…
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My Thoughts on Egalitarianism in Education
As part of our teacher meetings at school this year, we’re reading through select chapters of “Repairing the Ruins,” edited by Doug Wilson. To prepare for our meeting last week, we read Chapter 6 of the book, titled ‘Egalitarianism: The Great Enemy.’ We didn’t end up with a lot of time for discussion, so I didn’t share any of my thoughts on the chapter during the meeting, but I did spend a lot of time after the meeting digesting some of the ideas from the chapter. This essay is what I would have shared during the meeting if we had had more time for discussion. *** I grew up during…