Veritas et Virtus
The Official Blog of Columbus Classical Academy
- Kathleen Litt
- Miss Litt, Morning Reflections
My grandma was the person with the biggest influence on my life. The most important lesson she taught is that life is for learning to love. Now that may bring to mind the image of a sweet old lady, but...
- Kathleen Litt
- Miss Litt, Morning Reflections
Have you heard the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover?” I have learned that lesson. A while back, I took a walk with my Grandma. She used a scooter to get around for long distances. We were staying...
- Daniel Gibson
- Head of School, Morning Reflections
Yesterday we observed that some of our limits are not obstacles to overcome, but rather boundaries God has provided to give our lives their proper shape. But surely, we can’t just accept all of our limits and never try to...
- Daniel Gibson
- Head of School, Morning Reflections
“You can do anything you set your mind to”; “nothing is impossible”; “turn your determination into destiny”; “dream big enough, work hard enough, and there are no limits to what you can accomplish.” Hogwash. You’ve probably heard some version of...
- Daniel Gibson
- Head of School, Morning Reflections
Who is the best student in your class? The one with the highest grades? The one who learns most quickly, or most easily? Who raises his hand the most? After all, the student who performs the best must be the...
- Daniel Gibson
- Head of School, Morning Reflections
Around the age of 17, Aristotle became a student of Plato. He spent about twenty years in Plato’s Academy, learning under one of the greatest minds and teachers in all of history. But eventually, Aristotle ceased to be Plato’s student....
- Kathleen Litt
- Miss Litt, Morning Reflections
In the book The Redhead of Auschwitz, Nechama Birnbaum tells her grandmother’s story of surviving the concentration camps of World War II. In 1944 when she was transported from Auschwitz to Bergen Belsen, the women were led through swampy land...
- Daniel Gibson
- Head of School, Morning Reflections
In 1985, Nick Faldo was one of the best golfers in Europe. But his coach believed that the flaws in his swing would prevent him from being great…and so he went about rebuilding it. And Faldo got worse . ....
- Daniel Gibson
- Head of School, Morning Reflections
Every day, after morning assembly, you head to your classrooms to be taught. I wonder, though, are you someone who is teachable? One of the hallmarks of teachability is openness to correction. Indeed the process of learning largely takes place...
- Kathleen Litt
- Miss Litt, Morning Reflections
Have you ever been thankful for fleas? Me neither, but Betsie Ten Boom was. In her autobiographical story The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom tells the story of her and her sister Betsie’s time at the Ravensbruck concentration camp in...
- Daniel Gibson
- Head of School, Morning Reflections
Do you listen when your peers are performing their recitations? Or do you just tune out until it is over? This week, we’ve observed the ways in which recitations build courage and provide a storehouse of knowledge necessary for speaking...
- Kathleen Litt
- Miss Litt, Morning Reflections
When I was in middle school I raised steers, which are a type of male cow. My first steer’s name was Huey. He was such a gentle cow. I could walk him up and down my street without even putting...
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