“I hate reading.” How often do we hear people utter this sentence? In this day and age, with education more widely available, especially in the United States, one would think that the love of reading would grow rather than diminish. Why, then, do people, including those who have already graduated from high school and thus should have been exposed to a variety of texts, loathe books so much? Not textbooks—as it is understandable that someone might recoil at the sort of dry material one can find in a textbook—but real classic literature, like Homer’s The Odyssey or Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Why does our culture lack a fundamental appreciation for good rhetoric? Perhaps this derives from a lack of context in our education system. America needs a
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Its goal is to provide children with “‘a classical and Christ-centered education.’” The Logos School has been notably successful and has catalyzed a movement in classical Christian education. To further said movement, “in 1990, Wilson started the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS).” Though the classical education movement is far from solving the problem of education, the results are certainly promising. “Today, its ranks include Logos and more than 230 other private schools that serve about 44,000 students” (Miller …show more content…
At the top there is a toolbar with different information on the school, from an “About” section to a page with “News and Events,” each including a dropdown for ease-of-access. On the homepage itself is a slideshow with photographs of students. Each photo shows students doing hands-on activities, including performing in theatre productions and working in a lab. The only problem with these photographs is that they predominantly feature white students. The few students of color that appear are only on the periphery of the photographs. More racial diversity in the Logos School’s advertisements would lend the school more appeal to a diverse audience. Below this slideshow is a checklist that shows the “core promises” of the Logos School. There are nine promises, each consisting of a few key words. These include “Modeling the Christian life, Encouraging students in their walk with the Lord, [and] Pursuing academic excellence,” among other things. Finally, at the bottom of the page is another slideshow, this one is entitled “Logos Stories” and includes quotes from families who have benefitted from the school (Logos School). Overall, the homepage is quite mild and most likely would not appeal to someone who merely happened to stumble across the website. However, if a person were to intentionally visit this website in order to explore the Logos School, they would probably be quite
Its goal is to provide children with “‘a classical and Christ-centered education.’” The Logos School has been notably successful and has catalyzed a movement in classical Christian education. To further said movement, “in 1990, Wilson started the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS).” Though the classical education movement is far from solving the problem of education, the results are certainly promising. “Today, its ranks include Logos and more than 230 other private schools that serve about 44,000 students” (Miller …show more content…
At the top there is a toolbar with different information on the school, from an “About” section to a page with “News and Events,” each including a dropdown for ease-of-access. On the homepage itself is a slideshow with photographs of students. Each photo shows students doing hands-on activities, including performing in theatre productions and working in a lab. The only problem with these photographs is that they predominantly feature white students. The few students of color that appear are only on the periphery of the photographs. More racial diversity in the Logos School’s advertisements would lend the school more appeal to a diverse audience. Below this slideshow is a checklist that shows the “core promises” of the Logos School. There are nine promises, each consisting of a few key words. These include “Modeling the Christian life, Encouraging students in their walk with the Lord, [and] Pursuing academic excellence,” among other things. Finally, at the bottom of the page is another slideshow, this one is entitled “Logos Stories” and includes quotes from families who have benefitted from the school (Logos School). Overall, the homepage is quite mild and most likely would not appeal to someone who merely happened to stumble across the website. However, if a person were to intentionally visit this website in order to explore the Logos School, they would probably be quite