our adventures and wanderings

In August, I (R) began a new position with Rosslyn Academy. Here is my title: Intellectual Virtues Coordinator and Learning Support Teacher. Often, when I tell people about this, the response is an extremely confused expression. So, today, I decided to provide a little bit of information about my new role to help clear things up. Intellectual virtues are excellent thinking habits. Our superintendent, Dr. Phil Dow, wrote a book titled Virtuous Minds about these excellent thinking habits. At Rosslyn Academy, we have adopted 7 of these virtues to teach, implement, and encourage. They are as follows: Intellectual Curiosity: the tendency to wonder, ask deep questions, and explore Intellectual Humility: the realization of intellectual limitations; knowing you have more to learn Intellectual Carefulness: involves being patient and careful in thinking Intellectual Honesty: presenting what we know in an honest way; giving credit where credit is due; doing our own work Intellectual...