Mark L. Chance
Mark L. Chance, a Catholic convert who married his lovely wife almost 30 years ago, is the father of four children. He serves as the 7th and 8th grade English teacher in a Catholic school for boys, where he also leads the “Knights of the Mightier Pen” and “Ludi Fabularum: Games of Stories” after-school clubs. Mark has taught in public and private schools since 1996, and he holds a B.A. in History from the University of St. Thomas, Houston. Prior to teaching, Mark served eight years in the U.S. Army. In his spare time, Mark reads about educational philosophy and writes about table-top roleplaying games, all while occasionally sipping on bourbon.
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What Are the Four Choices?
"One of the earmarks of truth is its applicability in contexts beyond that truth's initial setting. The more often a thing remains true regardless of its context, the more true that thing is." ...
How Much is Free Advice Worth?
"Graduates are ready to make their mark, to make the world a better place, et cetera. The analog clocks of graduation time tick and tock with the sounds of hope, and rightly so." ...
What is Leisure For?
"In short, leisure, properly understood, is time I use to make me better than I am." ...
Why Should Students Memorize Things?
"We must remember that the primary purpose of education is to teach our students those things they must know in order to be both free and responsible, and no one can be both free and responsible without also being virtuous." ...
Why Should I (and You) Memorize Stuff?
"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things" ...
Who’s a Child’s Primary Educator?
"The implicit lesson learned by most students is that the teacher is the primary authority figure to whom a student owes respect and obedience." ...
What’s Wrong with Education?
"Tennessee was one of the few states in the U.S. that had no eugenics laws, and the majority of Tennessee’s citizens didn’t want such laws." ...