The primary purpose of The Six Virtues of the Educated Person (TSVOTEP) is to start a philosophical discussion about what it means to be educated. The book describes the definition promoted among today’s policymakers (achieving high standardized test scores); and then it argues for a definition that is rooted in philosophy instead of politics.
Book Purpose & Summary
November 4th, 2011 — Book Thoughts, For Teachers, By Teachers, Teacher Reads
Why do I pick on Bill Gates?
July 20th, 2011 — Book Thoughts, Gates Blogs, Teacher Reads
I usually ignore education reformers who have never been teachers. I ignore them because they want to improve student test scores, while ignoring unequal opportunity. Only philosophical, K-12 teachers understand that our greatest failure is not students’ low test scores; it is our failure to provide equal educational opportunity.
But I have written about Bill Gates in these blogs. (See https://sixvirtues.com/blog/2011/07/19/bill-gates-teachers-are-like-athletes-artists-or-social-scientists)
I don’t know Bill Gates, but I know his ideas get a lot of publicity. Our society develops according to the ideas of people who have access to the media. Bill Gates has the money and power to promote his ideas, even if they lack merit. That is why I blog about him.
