The Importance of Critical Reading in Adult Life

"I think we should be teaching this way starting in high school," he says. "We started out reading Plato and Aristotle, and we read the Bible and the Church Fathers" At St. John's, students also take math and science every single semester,. But all they want to do is sit around and read philosophy and literature... So, you know, but I think in reality, it's a very, very practical way to learn."