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https://standardsmichigan.com/standards-january-language/ Civic Education in the United States At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Franklin was queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation. A lady asked Dr. Franklin “Well Doctor what have we got, a republic or a monarchy.” Franklin replied, “A republic… if you can keep it.” pic.twitter.com/7bVyHJbM86 — Alfons López Tena 🦇 (@alfonslopeztena) April 14, 2020 Leviathan And Its Enemies: Samuel T. Francis (2016) St. George’s Day — Patron Saint of England — is celebrated on April 23 to honor England’s patron saint, St. George, a Roman soldier martyred in 303 AD for his Christian faith. His legend, particularly the slaying of a dragon, became emblematic of good triumphing over evil, resonating deeply in medieval England. By the 14th century, St. George was officially recognized as England’s patron, with his feast day marked by religious observances and chivalric celebrations. In UK educational settings, the day’s history reflects evolving cultural and pedagogical priorities. During the medieval period, schools tied to monasteries or cathedrals included St. George’s Day in religious curricula, emphasizing moral lessons through hagiographies. The Reformation diminished saintly feasts, but St. George’s Day persisted in schools as a symbol of English identity, especially in the 19th century amid imperial pride. Victorian-era schools celebrated with pageants, plays, and readings of patriotic tales. In USA educational settings multiculturalism and secularism reduced its prominence in schools, with observances often limited to assemblies or history lessons; most commonly observed in the American South and Midwest. Happy St. George’s Day! — Kate Garner (@KateGarnerMusic) April 23, 2025 Last week, we marked the 100th anniversary of the groundbreaking for the St. George’s Chapel. As seen below, students outlined the space where the Chapel would be built. The Chapel was donated by John Nicholas Brown Jr., St. George’s Class of 1918. pic.twitter.com/wHh9woPYJh — St. George’s School (@DragonsofSG) April 29, 2024 “The City” 1952 | Edward Bawden https://t.co/An3zzyTSvdhttps://t.co/V0nw80umD4 pic.twitter.com/zm0yvDAdnl — Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) November 29, 2023 Review of all consensus, consortia and open source codes, standards and regulations regarding energy production and conservation relevant to the education facility industry. Faculty and staff in the education industry in all nations provide basic research, application research in energy technologies. The “cities-within-cities” we call the #SmartCampus” also provide crucibles for new testing new technologies as well as provide energy load for utilities operating under all ownership regimes. Send bella@standardsmichigan.com an email for an advance agenda. https://standardsmichigan.com/agenda-energy-standards-monthly/ The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (MCSI) is released twice a month: Both reports are published at 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET). Consumer sentiment down amid disagreements on new government policies Consumer sentiment fell for the first time in six months, edging down 4% from December. While assessments of personal finances inched up for the fifth consecutive month, both the short- and long-run business… pic.twitter.com/r2mPTc5XiO — Michigan News (@UMichiganNews) January 24, 2025 https://youtu.be/D0xSuqKoByQ?si=-pawPMfA1bnY3-FM https://youtu.be/GxbKuek88NQ?si=v249UC4EAG2qJXlh https://youtu.be/JkQauI15hlE?si=uAm42E0eGtSCtJPH Chelsea High School | Washtenaw County Michigan https://standardsmichigan.com/fashion-technology/ Carson Newman University | Jefferson County Tennessee https://standardsmichigan.com/art-design-fashion-studio-safety/ Round Rock Intermediate School District | Williamson County Texas https://standardsmichigan.com/mise-en-oeuvre-des-polymeres/ Fort Edward Free School District | Washington County New York https://standardsmichigan.com/fashion-of-the-future-the-intersection-of-design-and-engineering/ Brookes International Day School | Moscow
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The calendar of Anglosphere educational settlements subtly shapes life of the mind, generally; and family and community life, specifically. Its cadence has roots in the cathedral schools and monastic learning communities of medieval Europe. Universities were not originally organized around modern “semesters.” Instead, the year followed the Christian liturgical calendar, agricultural seasons, food paths, daylight availability, and travel conditions.
In America educational calendars were nudged along by agricultural cycles. In the United Kingdom university calendars evolved into three major terms: Michaelmas in autumn, associated with arrival and beginnings; Hilary or Lent in winter, associated with discipline and study; and Trinity or Easter in spring, associated with examinations, outdoor rituals, music, rowing, gardens, and celebration.
Modern commencement traditions across the Anglosphere are descendants of medieval spring degree ceremonies. Academic gowns, hoods, processions, Latin phrases, formal dining, chapel music, and public recognition all preserve traces of the university as a scholarly guild and religious-civic community.
Before railways, electric lighting, and central heating, universities had to adapt to muddy roads, short winter days, limited candles, cold buildings, and agricultural obligations. Spring therefore became the natural season of culmination, reunion, athletic competition, courtship, and ceremony.
The medieval university was not merely a school but an educational settlement — a self-governing town of scholars, libraries, chapels, kitchens, workshops, residences, and dining halls. That settlement pattern survives in residential colleges, quadrangles, tutorial systems, common rooms, chapel choirs, and formal meals.
Anglosphere campuses retain this ancient emotional rhythm: autumn seriousness, winter inwardness, and spring release. That continuity helps explain why colleges and universities still feel culturally distinct from ordinary commercial society. (Relata: Gulliver Visits the Great Academy of Lagado)
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