Elizabeth Scalia
Horrible Little Girl on a Great Day, Age 6 There is a question being bandied about, thanks to A Cardinal’s Musings:: Children today are maturing so quickly and are exposed to so many different influences that it might be time to consider allowing them to prepare for and receive their first Communion even before their [...]
The other day I wrote of the firing of U of I’s Ken Howell, who had taught “Introduction to Catholicism and Modern Catholic Thought“ and other courses on Catholic doctrine, understanding and reason: The Howell story, however, goes beyond grim: it tells us that a simple charge of thinking incorrect thoughts and encouraging others to [...]
Real hope, not rhetorical hope. This is very encouraging. How adorable are these kids? I love the teacher who suggests that kids have a right to express to their teacher their dissatisfaction with the teacher’s efforts. The teacher’s unions are going to hate this: Do read Ed Morrissey for more on this subject
When I was in elementary school, the typical class had 52 students, with one nun in charge of getting information into our heads. The public schools had a better student-to-teacher ratio, but outside of religion the courses were the same, and they included a quaint little class called “civics.” Civics class taught you things like: [...]
Joseph Bottum tells a too true story: There are some real championship athletes on the rodeo circuit, and she wasn’t that. But she was good enough to get a minor riding scholarship to a school off on the other side of the state, joining the rodeo team of one of those big land-grant state universities [...]
Sometimes I wonder if “enlightened experts” ever had childhoods, . . . increasingly, some educators and other professionals who work with children are asking a question that might surprise their parents: Should a child really have a best friend? … “I think it is kids’ preference to pair up and have that one best friend. [...]
Remember The Twilight Zone? Reader Mike sent this along,and it has all the makings of a great episode of that Rod Serling series: A 70-year-old radio at a Scottish heritage centre has been picking up vintage broadcasts featuring Winston Churchill and the music of Glen Miller. The Pye valve wireless at Montrose Air Station, a [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer. Look for her book, Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life to be released in 2013, via Ave Maria Press.
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