Here is my personal transcript for the Ron Paul Curriculum’s Classical Autobiographies English class, listing all of the reading and writing assignments. Reading assignments: A Bus of My Own (1992), by Jim Lehrer The Persecutor (1973), by Sergei Kourdakov The Story of My Life (1903), by Hellen Keller Up From Slavery (1901), by Booker T. … More Classic Autobiographies – Transcript

As I prepared to write my first essay for Dr. Gary North’s class on American literature, he reminded me to create a page with all of the essays I wrote the previous literature class I took. Here is a link to every essay I wrote while taking his class on Western literature: “Renaissance Literature: A … More Western Literature Essays

The Little Flowers of Saint Francis chronicles the miracles of the Order of Friars Minor. As enjoyable as it is to read about the wondrous miracles in the book, Little Flowers scarcely provides the common man with any hope. Contrary to the Gospel, the book indirectly tells the layman purgatory—hellfire—is seemingly his unavoidable destiny.  The … More The Little Flowers of St. Francis: Monks in Hell

After the Struggle of the Orders in Rome—a political push for the plebeian/poor class to receive representation in the republic—Rome reached its political peak. With more equality in government, the city-state focused on military endeavors and conquest. Three wars ensued against Carthage, called the Punic Wars. That city and most of the modern world were … More Death of the Republic

Today, Dr. North gave me one paragraph from Walden Pond and told me to summarize Thoreau’s point in three sentences.  My deciphered version:  The pond has principles. We can judge a man’s character and determine how deep or shallow his thoughts are by his behavior. Sometimes, they’ll have deep thoughts, but—because they aren’t articulate—they can’t … More Cut the Fluff

Toward the end of Charles Darwin’s life, he produced an autobiography. My English teacher, Dr. Gary North, raves about Darwin’s writing style in this book. I cannot say that I share his enthusiasm. The book was dull. First, I will provide a brief synopsis of Darwin’s life according to the book and then list my … More Darwin’s Autobiography – It’s Kinda Boring

For this business lesson, I was assigned to write an advertisement for something I wanted to sell. Running a lawn care business during the summer, it made more sense for me to advertise that rather than some imaginary service. First, I will show you the ad, and then break down why I think it works. … More Business Lesson 105 – My ad

George Washington Plunkitt was a man of means. He played the part of a patriotic statesman with a burning desire to do justice to New York City. More accurately, he was a man who took advantage of the opportunities presented to him. A man that history hasn’t looked favorably on. His motives weren’t patriotism. He … More Plunkitt