Tenth Grade
Educate powers of comparison through a study of processes.

The tenth grader begins to discover a certain balance between the collisions of polarities. Mentally, the sophomores begin to look for order in confusion, a midpoint or balance point in opposition.

The curriculum responds to this search with subjects that achieve balance through process and metamorphosis. In chemistry, the reactions of inorganic elements and the introduction of chemical nomenclature and equations; in physics, the principles of mechanics; in earth sciences, the complex processes involved in weather and climatic patterns; all these reveal the possibility of
equilibrium arising out of the balancing of extremes.

Discovering the process of balance in natural and human phenomena, students begin to find their own fulcrum. In so doing, they are called upon to exercise powers of comparison, weighing in the balance contrary phenomena to determine their value and significance, and their origin. Students discover that in the balancing of opposites, new forms can arise, whether in clouds and tides or new chemical compounds. This discovery can prompt the desire to explore the origins of things, whether in the beginnings of history or the history of the English language. The study of Ancient History now begins at a deeper level, and History through English is added to the curriculum.
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