Educating Boys: or Why Latin Disappeared
It is no secret that schools have become a feminized environment. It wasn't always that way. There was a time where school was a form of contest and a rite of passage marking you a man.
This is part three of an ongoing series which takes an extensive look at Walter Ong’s “Fighting for Life: Contest, Sexuality and Consciousness.” You can find parts one and two here:
Universities have been around as institutions since the 1100’s. In some ways they seem not to have changed much at all. Yet, we all know that in many ways they are one of …
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