Hundreds of dollars worth of free drawing prizes and a ton of information were on hand Saturday for the Youth Initiative Expo sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi.
At Tehachapiâs Heritage Oak School, a private Christian school, students learn to argue.
No, they are not shouting at each other. Their arguments are more dignified, as the students learn to use critical thinking skills to communicate their positions.
Itâs a millennia-old method of education.
Based on the three-step âTriviumâ Veritas Press classical curriculum, HOS students study the academic basics (Grammar, grades K-6), logical thinking (Logic, grades 7-9) and how to effectively express their convictions orally and in writing (Rhetoric, grades 9-12).
The curriculum, Secondary Principal Lorena Semerenko told a meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi, âis Latin-based, classical, heavy on Western culture history and literature. Students begin Latin (language) training in the fourth grade.â