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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_education_movement
In looking back, it seems like it was designed mostly to teach the most useless stuff possible. Literature, history (especially British and European history), obscure vocabulary, European languages, the history of science. The most useful subjects were probably grammar and composition; there was a lot of writing required. And math, since you pretty much gotta know your fractions and your algebra to, say, administer a country, since you gotta have a budget and understand, e.g., how money or a population might grow or decay exponentially.
It kind of reminded me of a couple computer programming teachers I had, one in high school and the other in community college. The first spent the lectures teaching us about the ENIAC, UNIVAC and other computers of the 1940s and 50s. The second talked about the computers and programming languages of the 1970s. (He actually got fired and replaced mid-semester for not teaching us about modern programming languages like he was supposed to.)
Eventually I realized, when you study stuff that's of practical utility, or at least relevance, to the modern world, you can easily get pretty intently focused on how you're going to apply that knowledge, and forget the larger picture. Classical education, though, takes away all that, and you learn about the culture and history of the civilizations that produced all the stuff around you, instead of how one produces it oneself.
What you're left with is the realization that it all comes down to the people and their characteristics, which other peoples have not been able to copy. Basically, it's white people. Once you realize that, then what remains is to tell everyone about it, which is where all that skill in writing and language comes in. And eventually maybe you gain power and can use the math you learned to handle the finances and administration of the country.
As for science and technology, that will mostly take care of itself, once you have that framework set up in which scientists and engineers can be produced to begin with, and function. You gotta have a sense of pride in your kind, in order to want to carry on the species, given how we whites tend to overthink stuff and destroy our own kind for some imaginary greater good if we get suckered into believing what the Jews tell us, as so often happens.
In looking back, it seems like it was designed mostly to teach the most useless stuff possible. Literature, history (especially British and European history), obscure vocabulary, European languages, the history of science. The most useful subjects were probably grammar and composition; there was a lot of writing required. And math, since you pretty much gotta know your fractions and your algebra to, say, administer a country, since you gotta have a budget and understand, e.g., how money or a population might grow or decay exponentially.
It kind of reminded me of a couple computer programming teachers I had, one in high school and the other in community college. The first spent the lectures teaching us about the ENIAC, UNIVAC and other computers of the 1940s and 50s. The second talked about the computers and programming languages of the 1970s. (He actually got fired and replaced mid-semester for not teaching us about modern programming languages like he was supposed to.)
Eventually I realized, when you study stuff that's of practical utility, or at least relevance, to the modern world, you can easily get pretty intently focused on how you're going to apply that knowledge, and forget the larger picture. Classical education, though, takes away all that, and you learn about the culture and history of the civilizations that produced all the stuff around you, instead of how one produces it oneself.
What you're left with is the realization that it all comes down to the people and their characteristics, which other peoples have not been able to copy. Basically, it's white people. Once you realize that, then what remains is to tell everyone about it, which is where all that skill in writing and language comes in. And eventually maybe you gain power and can use the math you learned to handle the finances and administration of the country.
As for science and technology, that will mostly take care of itself, once you have that framework set up in which scientists and engineers can be produced to begin with, and function. You gotta have a sense of pride in your kind, in order to want to carry on the species, given how we whites tend to overthink stuff and destroy our own kind for some imaginary greater good if we get suckered into believing what the Jews tell us, as so often happens.
