In the Shade of Faithful Oaks: Why One Paideia Graduate Returned to Teach at His Alma Mater

Yeah.

So now, you know, obviously you have your whole Paideia education.

Then you go, you're studying philosophy.

You're experiencing firsthand time teaching at a classical Christian school.

Were you teaching Latin there? I was

teaching Latin in the humanities course.

okay yeah

latin in the humanities course um and then then you go off to hillsdale um and you're specifically studying classical christian the classical christian tradition yeah so i'm just curious as you've all all your time there what are there any specific lessons any specific concepts any specific encouragements and being in those different spots along the way that have increased your confidence in the classical christian movement as a whole

Yeah.

Being at Hillsdale.

So Hillsdale's got its hands in a few different classical worlds.

So there is a lot more than just classical Christian.

Um, ACCS is, is one pocket now in a bunch of different, like there's society of classical learning.

Um, the Lutherans have their own branch.

The Catholics have an organization.

There's some classical, but not Christian.

There's like classical franchise now where these schools are starting to franchise classical basically.

Um, And all the time, a lot of it's really been confirming of the idea of Paideia.

It seems more and more providential that I grew up at a school with that name.

This guy, Werner Jaeger, wrote this massive two-volume book on the concept of paideia in Greek culture.

And it's hard to explain, and it goes back to this draw I had to a Christian community.

Because paideia really involves education and culture kind of as the same thing.

It's about how you grow up and...

What's passed on to you? And so it's not just what is your head full of, but what are your habits? Down to as detailed as do you instinctively open the door for somebody? Do you instinctively pray before meals? Things like

that.