Like passionate speaking, elegant writing persuades others to pursue the truth. Students must practice writing often in order to achieve clarity and style. ALL great thinkers and leaders disseminate their ideas in writing…Our students must be equipped to contemplate difficult ideas and put them into writing to be shared with others…Classical, Christian students must wrestle with the difficult task of putting their thoughts on paper.Written expression both develops and reflects clear reasoning. 1Ĭlassical Conversations also stresses and promotes: In contemporary society, we have two reading issues to address: One is that of basic literacy (being able to read and understand words on a page), and the second is cultural literacy (reading and discussing quality works of literature, history, mathematics, science, and philosophy in order to understand one’s cultural heritage). Reading is the fundamental skill for opening all of the other doors to knowledge. One tutor guides no more than twelve students through the discussions in every seminar strand in such a way as to integrate the major themes and ideas around the central focus of coming to know God and learning how best to make Him known to others.Ĭlassical Conversations embraces the understanding that: The Classical Conversations Challenge programs are structured on the discipleship model.
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