- P&P
- Today is an Extended Chapel Schedule since Greg Speck is here.
- Finish Esolen article we began
- Reno -
- "Over Our Dead Bodies"
- Finish reading
- Try to figure out his overall point(s) he is making
- Write out three quotes that you believe best represent Esolen's article
- How is this article a critique of modern thought?
- Reno and Schwager-- "Polonius's Lie"
- As you read, identify Markos' conclusion (his thesis)
- Identify two or three premises (see your lit term notes)that support his conclusion
- Identify three quotes you believe represent Markos' article
- Identify any counter arguments you see
- Does he concede or refute them?
- How is this article a critique of modern thought?
- Schwager -
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| Levittown, PA, named after the planner and father of American suburbia, William Levitt, is Esolen's physical example of what many modern trends in education seek to do to the beautiful distinctions God has creatively placed in, on, and around us. |
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| Macadam...the old word for asphalt. Esolen decries the flattening, desertification schemes of modern culture. |
- "A Geography of Kind"
- What are some delightful characteristics you see more often in boys than in girls? In girls than in boys?
- What are some delightful characteristics of your local habitation?
- What are some ways that modern society, planning, architecture, education, etc. actually flatten, truncate, ignore, or eradicate the beauty of the kinds that God has given us?
- How does Esolen use "kind" in this piece?
- How is it even imaginatively conceivable that Esolen's grandfather made a hill more of a hill? How can you do that in this world?
- Esolen says that there is no Levittown in the Bible except for Laodicea. That is an allusion to Revelation 3:13 and following. What does Esolen mean by that allusion?
- Are all apparent differences equally valid? How can we distinguish between God-inspired difference that we should nurture and encourage...and difference that will ultimately flatten, deaden, and grey our souls? Can you think of any modern examples?
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