Paideia: the process of educating a young person, associated with a classical education. PY-DEE-A. It should be of little surprise that, as American society seems to be gradually shifting back to traditional patterns of thought in the fine arts and ethics, a small, but growing, group is emerging as proponents of classical education. Classical education consists of three stages that parallel the cognitive development of children: grammar, which is based heavily on memorization of facts of subjects; dialectic, which emphasizes asking "Why?" and the science of logic; rhetoric, which focuses on the science of communication, hypothetical possibilities, and abstract thought. …
