

The Importance of Teaching Logic
"'Logic!' said the Professor half to himself. 'Why don't they teach logic at these schools?'" The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Chapter 5 At St. Timothy's, we begin the study of logic as a separate class in the curriculum in the seventh grade. This is the age, as every parent knows, when children start asking their parents for good reasons: "Why do I have to go to bed at nine?" "Why should I study all these boring subjects?" and even "Why should I obey you, anyway?" They