Personal Statement: St. Augustine Of Hippo

My philosophical inspiration for the school would be one that sees an education journey, not an arduous task in where the task of education is sometimes seen as a punishment. For the school’s inspiration, I choose Saint Augustine of Hippo. Saint Augustine was a Roman born in 354 ACE, he was an academic that traveled eventually becoming a professor of rhetoric in the imperial city of Milan. After his loss of his companion, he eventually became a bishop and spent his remaining time under the burden of administration that this entailed. During this time, Saint Augustine authored several writings one named “Confessions” and is quoted “Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion” (Palmer, J., Bresler, L., & Cooper, D. E., 2003, p.26). During his early education, he accounted the difficulties in learning when education seemed to be a punishment, souring the students ' desire to learn subjects or to …show more content…
My school would continue to build the student up. Continuing the premise of the students’ commitment to becoming a well-rounded student, with continuing education in the subjects. During this time in their education, students would have more choice if what they would specialize in to aid in achieving their goals. One course in the final year would be mandatory and be dependent on the age of the student, would be a final course on out government. The main reason for this in my school, is this is the time where students prepare to sign for the Selective Service, but during my time this was only the responsibility for male students, now our government is putting legislation forward to require females to register for the Selective Service. This class would provide a more in-depth view of the government and roles and responsibilities of the citizenry to participate in our form of government, and the gravity of the selective