Tag: writing

7
Nov

Refutation of “There are more than two genders” in the style of Apthonius

I held a debate with my 8th grade students in the Refutation and Confirmation Classical Composition class. I thought it would be a good way to practice their refutation and confirmation skills learned thus far. It didn’t go well. Eighth graders may know how to talk and argue but don’t know how to debate. So […]

15
Jul

John Green’s Fallacies on Education

By JSB Morse In Economics, Education, Liberty, Logic, Politics

In an image being tossed around social media recently, John Green, author of several books including the excellent Fault in Our Stars, expands his literary repertoire to political commentary, specifically, education. He writes: We have discovered as a species that it is useful to have an educated population. You do not need to be a […]