By [http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Aaliyah_Arthur/663273]Aaliyah Arthur A classical education gives students opportunities they wouldn"t otherwise have. Some schools, however, advertise that they are classically-based, but actually lack the structure and methodology of an authentic "academy" in its classic form. This term derives from the school that Socrates founded, Athen"s "School of Thought," and is integral in understanding how classical education functions in a modern world. Focus on the Triumvirate Not only does a classical education focus on, well, the classics (in both letters and sciences), but it is also based on a very old series of "schools" within schools. These three branches of the educational process were titled "Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric." They were considered the basis for all solid learning and this ancient school built its worldview upon this foundation. For example, in Grammar school, kids learn the basics of ...
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