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Rich Bordner
May 25, 20213 min read
Report From The Field--Name Calling Is Not An Argument
In discussions in my philosophy class, one of my goals is to get them to slow down and actually wrestle with and engage with the content....
Rich Bordner
May 25, 20213 min read
Report From The Field--Popping Their Bubble
"Most of my students in public schools think the same way…there is a very high degree of conformity in youth circles." I said. This is...
Rich Bordner
May 24, 20212 min read
Report From The Field--Chronological Snobbery
Here’s something I’ve noticed lately as a strong pattern in student thinking: Many students see themselves, the "current generation," as...
Rich Bordner
Mar 22, 20215 min read
Christian Schools?
What about Christian schools? Isn’t that a live option in terms of education choice? Sure, just like public school and homeschool are...
Rich Bordner
Mar 5, 20213 min read
Coram Deo Academy Role Play Thoughts
I just finished doing an atheist role play with senior students at Coram Deo Academy in Plano, TX, and wanted to share some reflections...
Rich Bordner
Mar 2, 202110 min read
The Game Plan, Cont'd
Let’s continue the game plan today: V) Read the books A Practical Guide To Culture by Brett Kunkle and John Stonestreet, and The...
Rich Bordner
Feb 20, 20213 min read
Missing The Forest For The Trees
"...societies have categories for thinking about people and identity, and a real problem occurs when those categories are simply not...
Rich Bordner
Feb 16, 20217 min read
What Are Students Thinking? Part VIII: Discipled By Screens
Part VIII in a series. Read past installments here: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Part VII Yes: you knew this was...
Rich Bordner
Feb 7, 20213 min read
What Are Students Thinking? Part VII: More Stories
Part VII in a series. Read past installments here: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Before and after units, I give...
Rich Bordner
Jan 31, 20214 min read
What Are Students Thinking? Part VI: Dogmatically Uncommitted
Part VI in a series. Read past installments: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V The next habit of student thinking I’ve noticed in...
Rich Bordner
Jan 3, 20217 min read
What Are Students Thinking? Part III: Examples of Expressive Individualism
Part III in a series. Read part I here and part II here. Today I want to demonstrate what I outlined yesterday by telling some stories...
Rich Bordner
Dec 27, 20204 min read
What Are Students Thinking? Part II: Cause for Concern
Most kids are thoroughly modern selves. This is how they’ve been formed by pretty much everything, not just their schooling...
Rich Bordner
Dec 20, 20203 min read
What Are Students Thinking? Part I
My day job is as a school teacher. For the past 15 years I have been a high school teacher in various schools around the country,...
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