Our Founding PrinciplesClass 1

Mike Van Schoiack

Introductions

• Mike Van Schoiack Bio • Class Introduction– Name, background– Why you are taking class & expectations

Why I am doing this?• Spent a number of years studying “why US is

different and so admired?”• Found answers only after reading Federalist

Papers• Discovered our civics education is flawed• Have developed interest in promulgating what

I’ve learned• Developed materials to do so– Videos– Web site– Presentations

Why Learning Principles is Important

• What our founders had to say about education

Why Learning Principles is Important

• What our founders had to say about education• Our country is “on an unsustainable course”

Income $60K

Spend $94KShort $34K

Spend $3.63TShort $1.32TIncome $2.31T

Credit Card Debt $416K National Debt $16.4T

Family Federal Government,For year ending 2012

GNP $15.8T

Family vs. FederalGovernmentFinancial Situation

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Class Rules• No Politics – Stick to Principles• Distinguish between Truth vs. Beliefs– Definition I use – Truths are Beliefs that can be verified

or proven– In today’s world, whatever one believes can be

supported – I believe that there is such a thing as absolute truths

that transcend man, i.e., there is “good” and “bad”, “right” and “wrong”.

– I believe that there are truths that we do not know.– And I believe that there are rational beliefs and

irrational beliefs. • Interactive – Learn – Ask - Comment

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