math Archives : Professor Carol

The Pascal Triangle

May 30, 2024May 30, 2024 by Professor Carol

Charlie makes me laugh. At age eight, my grandson displays a gift that children have of saying funny things, particularly when their words stem from a sincere confusions of ideas. He also has developed a knack for spotting and remembering the physical location of things. … Read more

Contemplation, Euclid, and Music

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 by Professor Carol

I am not contemplative by nature. Those who know me realize how true that statement is. Yet, at this past weekend’s conference in Louisville, Kentucky entitled The Fruitful Garden, an inspiring group of Classical educators caused me mightily to wish that I could be more contemplative … Read more

And Then There's This . . .

Jonathan Turley, The Fight Over Parental Rights Just Got Primal. “Few would believe that sending our children to a public school means we have transferred the most fundamental parental rights to ‘experts’ on rearing our children.”

Roger Kimball, What the Right Gets Wrong About Art. “Why do so many people feel that if something is regarded as art, they ‘have to go along with it,’ no matter how offensive, foolish, or corrosive it might be?“

Peter Wood, After College: The Coming Cultural Collapse of Higher Education. “Students graduate with a veneer of knowledge rather than a core. An increasingly obsolescent institution has wedded itself to an increasingly noisome cultural stance.”

Anthony Esolen, Heap Songs Upon Their Heads. “We are the most beauty-starved people, I am persuaded, who have ever trod the earth.”