A Thomas Jefferson Education: Part Two – Three Types of Schooling
C H A P T E R T H R E E Three Systems of Schooling “Teaching, like farming and healing, is a cooperative art. Understanding this, Comenius in The Great Didactic again and again compares the cultivation of the mind with the cultivation of the field; so, too, Plato compares the teacher’s art with the physician’s.” […]
A Thomas Jefferson Education: More Important Today Than When Written in 2001 – Part One
I first met Oliver DeMille in 1990. I was helping to run a youth program called Youth For America (we are relaunching YFA this year) and he was a featured speaker even though he had not yet graduated from college. We became fast friends and by September 1992 it was my honor to help him open the […]
Monticello College Orchards Spring Work Party 2016
WE ARE ON OUR WAY! 65 fruit and nut trees have been purchased for an April delivery. We will plant all of these trees during our April 8-9, 2016 volunteer work party. We would love to have you join us! On April 8th at 9:00 am MT, we will begin planting trees and work both days […]
FIRST YEAR STUDENTS ARE SWARMING TO GET THE FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP
Enrollment is in full swing at Monticello College as first year students swarm to take advantage of the 100% full tuition scholarships. There is only 2 weeks left before the application deadline and to avoid a late fee. So if you know a student who should be attending Monticello College, get them to apply as […]
Many Business Leaders Prefer Liberal Arts
General Education versus Specialized Education In today’s high pressure, fast-paced America, the liberal arts get a bad rap. People who choose this line of study are often chided as being undecided about their future, not knowing “what they want to be when they grow up” and “Who’s going to hire a History major anyway?” Many […]
American Freedom Starts at Home
When I first met them, the Pattersons were just a typical low-middle-class California family. But they really cared about raising their children (3 adopted and 1 natural born) the right way and always had lots of questions and seemed to work hard at going the extra mile to learn or do their very best. Don’t […]
I Don’t Care Where My Kids Go To College
Huffington Post’s Catherine Pearlman posted a blog a couple of weeks ago and her message so resounded with me, I thought I would share the full text with you. I’m going to say something a bit unheard of in modern times. My thoughts are anathema for most parents. But I’m done […]
Can Monticello College Accept GI Bill Funding?
Enrollment for the 2016 Monticello College academic year is filling up (remember, we run from mid-April to mid-November as an active farm campus). I have a number of potential students who have asked me about the GI Bill. I love working with former or active military personnel. They have a maturity about them that they have […]
Monticello College Trustee Awarded For Activism
Symbria Patterson is a charter member of the Board of Trustees for Monticello College and is one of my long time closest friends in the world. This article is a reprint from January 6, 2015. SYMBRIA AND SARA PATTERSON WIN ACTIVISM AWARD Falls Church, VA—January 6, 2016—The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is proud to announce […]
ONE-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE AT MONTICELLO COLLEGE
Do you know a student who wants to attend Monticello College but can’t afford the tuition? Monticello College is happy to announce an anonymous donor has just contributed 15 full-tuition first-year on campus scholarships for the 2016 academic year. This donor has two stipulations: These scholarships must be awarded to the first 15 eligible […]