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The Philosophy of an Elementary Montessori classroom – Part II

At the final meeting with our Montessori school staff, we discussed the elementary curriculum in detail. We had always realized that there were weaknesses in the curriculum having to do with the teaching of multiculturalism, and the approach to science, which emphasized life sciences, and

The Philosophy of an Elementary Montessori classroom – Part I

Having a strong aversion to public schooling, as well as a stronger aversion to the methods of education used in the public system, my two youngest daughters have been enrolled in a local Montessori school for the past three years. We were drawn to the

Convincing the Determinist

A being whose thoughts and actions are “determined” in the sense discussed previously, has no control over those thoughts. The very process of “reasoning” is therefore not under the being’s control. Logic, being the art of proper reasoning, therefore has no meaning to this entity,