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Excerpts from John Dewey and Randolph S. Bourne are discussed in the context of experiential learning vs. traditional models.

The topic this time stems from a conversation in my US Government class about the expansion of executive power.

This week we discuss the three disciplines of stoicism and how to apply the teachings of Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Seneca in our daily lives.

This episode is relevant to Part II of the last episode in which we discussed how the humanities have to play a role in students attaining the ethical and moral codes to stop and ask not whether we can do something, but rather should we?

This week Part I deals with the Bill Bullard quote regarding opinion as the lowest form of human knowledge. Part II deals with radical change to our secondary education model.

Part I of this episode is primarily concerned with the various offenses for which one can be beheaded in Saudi Arabia. One of which is wizardry and witchcraft. Part II of this episode is primarily concerned with a phenomenon I call the glass ceiling for independent school educators.