Dear SCL Members and Friends, As we approach the end of the school year and near the SCL summer conference,…
Eric CookMarch 3, 2023
Immanuel Kant, the dense and controversial 18th century German philosopher, railed his students for being Cyclops. “What constitutes them as…
Eric CookFebruary 1, 2023
In What’s Wrong with the World, G.K. Chesterton said, “The future is a blank wall on which every man can write…
Eric CookJanuary 18, 2023
Four Reasons Why We Should Read and Discuss the Classics: 1. Reading and discussing the classics make us better human…
Eric CookDecember 2, 2022
A few years ago, I read the following about gratitude from Thomas Merton: “To be grateful is to recognize the love of…
Eric CookNovember 23, 2022
14 Tips for Mastering “Crucial Conversations” Leaders should be exceptional at giving and receiving feedback. The problem is, leaders aren’t…
Eric CookNovember 16, 2022
Prudence and patience are inseparable. This is not good news for people like me, but it is true. Here are…
Eric CookNovember 9, 2022
In his famous article, All Things Considered, G.K. Chesterton wrote, “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an…
Eric CookNovember 1, 2022
Those who teach the early grades understand the extreme weight of the responsibility they take on when they agree to…
Society For Classical LearningMarch 8, 2022