Teacher Tom

"Well, although I do not suppose that either of us knows anything really beautiful and good," said Socrates, accor...

We now know enough about the brain to realize that its mystery will always remain. Like a work of art, we exceed our materia...

When my grandmother-in-law died, she left us with a set of The Great Books, a 54 volume set of renowned works by European me...

Most young children go through a stage in which they ask, "Why?" No matter what you answer, be it thoughtfully, jo...

I think most of us, if asked to define "success," would think deeply enough to consider more than the capacity to ...

The biggest social event of our preschool year was always our annual all-school Halloween party, a typically raucous affair ...

I recently took a book outside, setting up in a shaded chaise lounger with a cup of coffee. The sun was out. It was going to...