{"id":16868,"date":"2021-02-23T21:17:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T21:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicaldifference.com\/?p=16868"},"modified":"2021-10-07T07:21:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T07:21:30","slug":"outlook-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicaldifference.com\/outlook-is-important\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOUTLOOK\u201d IS IMPORTANT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ONWARD<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The classically educated adults scored signi\ufb01cantly higher than other Christians in measures of gratitude, hopefulness, sense that life is under control, and ability to handle suffering.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"firstletter\">G<\/span>ene Veith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2020\/11\/research-shows-benefits-of-a-classical-christian-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">points out something<\/a> that impressed me, bothered me, and now intrigues me. Some of the best data in the Good Soil study has to do with \u201csoft\u201d trends like \u201coutlook on life.\u201d Initially, I was in the room when the raw data from Notre Dame came in, and I was so thankful for all the impressive data on \u201clife outlook.\u201d Later, I was bothered by that data because I like things that feel more quantifiable like \u201cchurch attendance\u201d and \u201cBible reading.\u201d I did not want to care as much about being well-adjusted and having friends. As I have simmered on this data for a while, I think Veith is right in pointing out the importance of \u201clife outlook.\u201d He states:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>What struck me most, though, is the data for \u201coutlook on life\u201d; that is, for their general happiness and mental health. The classically-educated adults scored significantly higher than everyone else in measures of gratitude, hopefulness, sense that life is under control, and ability to handle suffering. They also had more friends, with nearly 90% saying they had more than three close friends, far outstripping the private secular prep schools, which came in second at 50%.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have stopped looking at these outcomes as \u201csoft\u201d things and started seeing them more like Gene. They are possible harbingers of the health needed to found and sustain Christian families, institutions, and communities.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: solid 1px #ffb602; margin-bottom: 35px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 40px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classicaldifference.com\/good-soil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VIEW THE GOOD SOIL STUDY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/backroom.classicaldifference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-16508\" src=\"https:\/\/classicaldifference.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lion-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classicaldifference.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lion-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/classicaldifference.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lion-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/backroom.classicaldifference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TY FISCHER<\/a>, ACCS Board Director of Strategic Growth, commenting on the post \u201cResearch Shows Benefits of a Classical Christian Education\u201d from Cranach, the blog by Gene Veith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ONWARD The classically educated adults scored signi\ufb01cantly higher than other Christians in measures of gratitude, hopefulness, sense that life is under control, and ability to handle suffering. 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Some of the best data in the Good Soil study has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":16877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[233,118,114,16,240,14,101,70,34],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cOUTLOOK\u201d IS IMPORTANT - The Classical Difference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/classicaldifference.com\/outlook-is-important\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cOUTLOOK\u201d IS IMPORTANT - The Classical Difference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ONWARD The classically educated adults scored signi\ufb01cantly higher than other Christians in measures of gratitude, hopefulness, sense that life is under control, and ability to handle suffering. 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