Preparing students for what they will face.
The final exam will be on the streets of life.
Give Me a Minute to explain.
I am convinced that students do not have full understanding of their education until they must defend themselves against intellectual attacks or prepare a defense of their positions or build lasting contributions in culture or preserve what has been given to them to keep.
K-12 or higher education is the dojo – the Japanese word for the place where martial arts are practiced. Here students of all ages learn to own and practice their beliefs under the tutelage of their sensei, their teacher.
Students may not fully understand the impact of education until they are confronted on the streets of life with a final exam, where they are given an opportunity to stand against falsehood, treachery, and evil; then to stand for life, freedom, and generosity.
After all my years and places of teaching, I believe the best way to prepare students for “the real world” is Christian education.
Thanks for spending this minute with me, Dr. Mark Eckel.
Mark Eckel (MA English, ThM Old Testament, PhD Social Science Research) is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration, Liberty University.
“Give Me a Minute” is an ongoing effort to simply, clearly, and quickly explain aspects of true Truth.
Gratitude, as always, to my longtime friend, videographer, and tech guru Josh for his continued service.
[From https://warpandwoof.org/the-dojo/ ]
AFTERWORD From my favorite short essay of all time, C. S. Lewis, “Learning in War Time,” in the volume The Weight of Glory, where Lewis laid down the gauntlet,
To be ignorant and simple now—not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground—would be to throw down our weapons, and to betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God, no defense but us against the intellectual attacks of the heathen.