Mr. Bianchet and Mr. Mullins continue their discussion on the necessity of reading and engaging with the Great Books or Classical Literature in the Western Canon. Both consider the notion…

 When we usually think about classical education we think about books like The Iliad, The Odyssey, Plato’s Republic, Paradise Lost, Tale of Two Cities, etc. These are books that are…

Consider this: The central importance to expressing and receiving ideas well is based on the quality of a person’s rhetorical skill. How you speak affects how others perceive you, and…

We have arrived at last to the Final Stage of a student’s education, The Rhetoric Stage. This will be the culmination of the other two stages put into practice and…

Mr. Bianchet and Mr. Mullins deviate from Educational Philosophy for a moment and discuss Logic as a discipline with a special guest….Mr. JR Tomlinson! Mr. Tomlinson is a first-year teacher…

Following the house analogy that Mr. Bianchet and Mr. Mullins presented for the Grammar School, in being the collection of material, the Logic School is focused on equipping the skills…

We continue our journey today into Grammar School foundations and aims. Mr. Bianchet and Mr. Mullins begin by discussing pre-rational/ pre-classical stages of learning. This is achieved through exposure to…

Welcome back for this two-part series on Grammar. In Part I, Mr. Wes Mullins and Mr. Ryan Bianchet continue developing their argument for what is Classical education and exposit how…

Mr. Bianchet and Mr. Mullins continue explaining the “why” of becoming an orator, and what are the many benefits. One can see very quickly that the benefit cost ratio of…

In this episode of The Lost Tools, Mr. Wes Mullins and Mr. Ryan Bianchet explore the practical benefits of pursuing oratorical training for your child. ‘Why would I want my child to…