Why Classics #2- Greatness: Daily Inspire!

Published: Fri, 03/16/12



Daily Inspire!
 


 Why Classics?

#2: The Classics bring us
face-to-face with greatness.

 
The purpose of studying literature is to become better.
 
As we read, we experience despair, heartache, tragedy--and we learn to recognize what causes them and avoid it or cope with it in our own lives.
 
As we study the characters, real or fictional, in the classics, we are inspired by greatness, which is the first step to becoming great ourselves.
 
Greatness is the first goal of leadership education.
 
 
In the classics we come face-to-face with Moses on Sinai, Buddha leaving the castle, Christ at Gethsemane, Mohammad's cave (and Plato's), Paul on Mars Hill, Adam's finger outstretched on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Washington at Valley Forge, Hamlet, Lear, Shylock, Othello, Macbeth, MacDuff, Hector, Penelope and Jane Eyre.
 
Who we are changes as we set higher and higher standards of what life is about and what we are here to accomplish.
 
 
 
 


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The 7 Keys of
Great Teaching

 
There are seven principles of successful education.
 
When they are applied, learning occurs for any learning style or interests.
 
When they are ignored or rejected, the quantity and quality of education decreases.
 
 
1. Classics, Not Textbooks

2. Mentors, Not Professors

3. Inspire, Not Require

4. Structure Time, Not Content

5. Simplicity, Not Complexity

6. Quality, Not Conformity

7. You, Not Them


 
 
 
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