The purpose of Scholar Phase is education, not training.

 

Training is important, but ideally it comes after each student has a great leadership education.

"Throughout history education has been the path to freedom.

 

"In class societies, the upper classes are educated, while the masses who serve them are, at best, trained.

"Training consists of narrow skills and expertise in a specialization, while education is broad understanding of many fields, the history of humanity, and above all, the ability to think on the broad scale and see details in the context of human history, philosophy, ideas, the powerful stories of literature and media, technology, etc.....

"For example, the education of Abraham Lincoln was rooted in the Bible, Shakespeare and Euclid. This was education, not training.

 

"Lincoln later sought training, but the education came first. Consider the audience that sat for hours and hours listening to the Lincoln-Douglass debate [as noted by Neil Postman], or their progenitor farmers who read and debated The Federalist Papers--these people were educated....

 

"Of course, training is a good thing. But there is a huge difference between a society with a few educated and the masses trained, and one where the masses are both educated and trained.

 

"But a highly-trained and poorly-educated population, as Allan Bloom said in The Closing of the American Mind, is a problem--as Nazi Germany proved."

We've had so many requests, and now we can finally offer the books in the Leadership Education Library, as well as some others of our popular articles, as PDF downloads.

What does this mean for you?

• PDFs can be conveniently stored on your computer for ready reference
• Key word-searchable content
• They can be read on hand-held devices with a PDF reader
• They can travel with you on road trips and carschool
• They can be printed out a few pages at a time to carry in your purse, planner, or binder
• No torn covers or sticky pages
  
• They are an inexpensive way to "try" a new book before buying the hard copy

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TJEdMUSE is open to all who are interested in investigating and/or applying the principles described in "A Thomas Jefferson Education".

We who are on this path have a great deal to offer each other. This group also features:

* TJEd Family Finder
* TJEd FAQ's

* Member Reviews of Classics and Resources

We invite you to join the conversation and help us gain An Education to Match our Mission.