Brennan Dignan As a college counselor at a progressive international school in Hong Kong, Brennan's work attempts to infuse the post-graduation planning process with meaning and purpose as defined by the individual. Hong Kong 7 posts
Progressive Education The Runaway Bunny-Allegory for Ego I am going to spend the remainder of this (whatever this is) post on a different level of analysis: deconstructing the ego and why it’s so important in our work as progressive educators Brennan Dignan 8 May 2020 • 7 min read
Purpose Finding and Community Loving Care It was about six months ago that I was introduced to Wendell Berry’s writing through a reference in a Michael Pollan book. In this book, Pollan points to Berry’s concept of eating as an agricultural act. There was something about this concept that sparked in me a desire to learn more. Brennan Dignan 23 Jan 2020 • 7 min read
Progressive Education As They Say in Arkansas Deeply embedded and out of site, it operates in the shadows pointing its big fat finger at the student. I would express it somewhat imperfectly like this: the system is fine, deal with it. Brennan Dignan 30 Oct 2019 • 5 min read
Purpose Finding and Community To Have, Not Be Had ...the thrust of what I wanted to speak to in this post: Robert Kegan’s developmental theory and its potential relevance to the crazy world of the college search and selection process. Brennan Dignan 31 Jul 2019 • 6 min read
Purpose Finding and Community The Cult of What I think I should disclose from the outset that I do not believe this is a college problem. It’s bigger than that. This is a problem generated by the Cult of What. Let me start there. Brennan Dignan 26 Mar 2019 • 9 min read
Critical Analysis Tracing Letters In many ways, the college application highlights much of what is wrong with our current approach to education. Brennan Dignan 8 Mar 2019 • 5 min read
Critical Analysis The College Process & Progressive Ed: What’s Wrong ...which are meant to increase the likelihood that a student will be admitted to the school of their choice. So, what does this have to do with progressive education? As it stands today, very little. Brennan Dignan 13 Feb 2019 • 4 min read