The Demise of Classical Education – It is Worse Than We Thought
There is a serious problem with the minds of young people today, and the demise of classical education is a direct cause. When classical education dies, so too do the ideas, visions, and values of classical Greece and Rome die with it. These ideas and values were what helped create Western civilization.
Universities have just started scrutinizing these very ideas, ironically enough. Few Americans know that the origins of the West were in ancient Greece.
Knowing these ethical theories and philosophies are vital to understanding and maintaining the freedoms we cherish. Sadly, Americans are moving further and further away from them.
It is important that we remember the Greek wisdom that has helped build our nation.
Our very government was founded on Greek philosophies: Individual rights, a constitutional government, an open economy, open dissent, free scientific inquiry, civilian control over the military, separation of religion and government, and private property. Our ever-changing culture needs these things now more than ever.
We need to also remember that the Greeks insisted that these freedoms be monitored and controlled by civic responsibility, philanthropy, and an absolute world view.
Other concepts that helped maintain a balance were self-criticism and the belief that life is not a walk in the park: It is tragic and brief.
The demise of classical education leaves us with a skewed and incomplete way of looking at the world. In its place are lenses which gives us a look at the world that consists of blind allegiance, an adoration of material culture, therapeutics, and moral relativism.
The Greeks gave us the means to change the physical and spiritual universe, either for good or ill. They also provided the means for us to control our most animalistic instincts in order to give toward the common good.
We could stand by and hope that when the classics completely die, our children will get through the educational Dark Age and enter a new Greek era– or we can fight the demise of classical education now.
If we want our children to thrive and drive off this threatening darkness, we need to find ways to teach our children to be independent thinkers who are thankful to the Greeks for what they modeled for Western civilization.
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