[RC] Re: Values Academies

2018-02-12 Thread Centroids
Hi Billy, > On Feb 11, 2018, at 11:45, Billy Rojas <1billyro...@buglephilosophy.com> > wrote: > > Where is the college that promises you the skills you need to live a happy > life? > > Does anybody even offer courses on sexual integrity, budgeting, abuse of > power, or any of the other

[RC] [ RC ] Re: Values Academies

2018-02-12 Thread Billy Rojas
Chris: Your point about military academies is well taken, What they have in common with religious schools is a sense of mission. And recognition that to get anywhere you need discipline although the kinds of discipline are very different. Patrick Henry College has a system that uses

[RC] Triumphs of Experience

2018-02-12 Thread Centroids
Every college and church should become a Grant Study. If they really care about creating Good Lives. “Triumphs of Experience What makes a good life? Most people would just speculate, cite one-off examples, perhaps reference a personal religious doctrine — or just shrug. But shouldn’t we

[RC] BLISS Muniversity Re: [ RC ] Re: Values Academies

2018-02-12 Thread Centroids
> OK, what is your theory? Are you familiar with Cornel’s hotel school? https://sha.cornell.edu/ The reason they are so great is because the students are actually running a real live hotel. The same way we train doctors and scientists, but hardly anyone else. What if we trained citizens

[RC] Re: BLISS Muniversity Re: [ RC ] Re: Values Academies COMMENTS

2018-02-12 Thread Billy Rojas
Chris: Seems to me that I heard of the Cornell hotel management school years ago but no specific memories to draw upon. Have you seen the two e-mails about Schweitzer University? The concept of SU meshes nicely with what Cornell is doing. I'd go further and say that there is some

RE: Hope? I Re: Values education Re: [RC] [ RC ] Aptitude vs. Achievement / The Problem of Two Cultures

2018-02-12 Thread Chris Hahn
I wasn’t promoting the website. In my rush out of town I did a shorthand posting of my experience at Hope. Those intangibles must be experienced to be believed. There are small oases out there. Ernie, I would encourage you to think small (college) for your children. Magic can happen in

RE: [RC] Re: Values Academies

2018-02-12 Thread Chris Hahn
Ernie, I am sorry that the website so misled you about Hope (and Hope is only one of many similar schools). Schools like this promote values and diversity. Christian values, yes, but not in a fundamentalist context. Chris From: radicalcentrism@googlegroups.com

RE: [RC] [ RC ] Re: Values Academies

2018-02-12 Thread Chris Hahn
“He is an embarrassment every time he opens his mouth. He epitomizes boorishness. We need a new Watergate, it seems to me. I will make a wild guess and say that you agree with the sentiment.” I can’t wait for a new administration to begin. Embarrassment is an understatement. It seems