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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Why Should Students Memorize Things?

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"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." ...

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"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things" ...

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"The implicit lesson learned by most students is that the teacher is the primary authority figure to whom a student owes respect and obedience." ...

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"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." ...

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