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Here is the article: [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/algebra-for-the-few/) ### [The Education Equivocation](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/the-education-equivocation/) Posted by [Ty Fischer](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/ty-fischer) on Aug 1, 2012, 12:18:49 PM An equivocation is when a term is being used differently by two people (or even by one person). This leads, often, to misunderstanding or bad arguments and decisions. Equivocations can be helpful ... [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/the-education-equivocation/) ### [Where is that Dutch Boy?](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/where-is-that-dutch-boy/) Posted by [Ty Fischer](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/ty-fischer) on Jul 30, 2012, 10:07:42 AM The signs of systemic collapse in education are becoming more numerous. Here is the big news at present: [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/where-is-that-dutch-boy/) ### [John Raphael Speech](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/john-raphael-speech/) Posted by [Ty Fischer](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/ty-fischer) on Jul 28, 2012, 3:08:31 PM A classical education focus on the skill of rhetoric. Why? Because ideas are powerful and they are communicated from one mind to another by words. Good words draw people together and adorn the ... [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/john-raphael-speech/) ### [We Are?](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/we-are/) Posted by [Ty Fischer](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/ty-fischer) on Jul 13, 2012, 9:40:51 AM Today is a sad day in Central Pennsylvania...a very sad day. Yesterday, the shock waves started to rumble out of State College. The worst fears of many of us seemed to be confirmed (I say seemed ... [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/we-are/) ### [Henry V Goes to Veritas](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/henry-v-goes-to-veritas/) Posted by [Ty Fischer](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/ty-fischer) on Jul 11, 2012, 2:26:31 PM A few days ago the editorial writer David Brooks wrote an interesting column on how our schools discourage the masculine virtues. Here is the article: [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/henry-v-goes-to-veritas/) ### [The Necessity of a Classical Education for the Survival of Democray](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/the-necessity-of-a-classical-education-for-the-survival-of-democray/) Posted by [Ty Fischer](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/ty-fischer) on May 21, 2012, 9:45:46 AM Her is an interesting article by Robert Duffett on the importance of a classical (or liberal arts education). Democracy hangs in the balance as we, as a culture, make or fail to make this type of ... [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/the-necessity-of-a-classical-education-for-the-survival-of-democray/) ### [The Rage of Achilles](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/the-rage-of-achilles/) Posted by [Ty Fischer](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/ty-fischer) on May 20, 2012, 7:55:42 PM Reading the paper today was such a joy. I had to share it with the broader world. Recently, JPMorganChase (note the German smashing of words together whenever one thing swallows another), one of ... [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/the-rage-of-achilles/) ### [St. Wendell](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/st-wendell-12/) Posted by [Ty Fischer](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/ty-fischer) on May 14, 2012, 9:22:26 AM Here is a little poetry on Monday morning from Mr. Berry. 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