The Greatest Classrooms of the World: The Arete West Story
The one and only, newly published, summary of many lifetimes worth of Arete West adventures, can now be yours via xlibris.com .
ISBN-13 978-1-48360-726-9
Since 1979, William Taylor has been taking hundreds of Northern California high school students to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East to uncover the roots of Western history as part of a unique educational program. Arete West students participate in a nine-month curriculum, reading and discussing historical literature, then fly overseas to explore the sites they studied. For Arete students, the odyssey is both a journey into history and a formative encounter with the self. This book celebrates the Arete program, as William Taylor and his students articulate Arete memories from the past four decades. For young adults interested in the world around them, parents wishing to enrich their children�s education, and teachers seeking new and inspiring ways to reach their students, The Greatest Classrooms of the World presents fresh ideas and possibilities. More than a collection of personal trip memories, this book communicates the search for personal excellence, the passion of international youth travel, and a program that can be emulated and adapted all over the world.
ISBN-13 978-1-48360-726-9
Since 1979, William Taylor has been taking hundreds of Northern California high school students to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East to uncover the roots of Western history as part of a unique educational program. Arete West students participate in a nine-month curriculum, reading and discussing historical literature, then fly overseas to explore the sites they studied. For Arete students, the odyssey is both a journey into history and a formative encounter with the self. This book celebrates the Arete program, as William Taylor and his students articulate Arete memories from the past four decades. For young adults interested in the world around them, parents wishing to enrich their children�s education, and teachers seeking new and inspiring ways to reach their students, The Greatest Classrooms of the World presents fresh ideas and possibilities. More than a collection of personal trip memories, this book communicates the search for personal excellence, the passion of international youth travel, and a program that can be emulated and adapted all over the world.
Igniting The Flame
Bill Taylor's story is available from Lulu.com, or anywhere really...
ISBN-10: 0615199178 ISBN-13: 978-0615199177
From the back cover - Growing up among Hollywood legends and Olympic athletes, Bill Taylor's boyhood dream was to become a famous athlete. That dream was coming true when he ran national times and received a scholarship to USC, the top collegiate track team in the country. Anguish and tragedy, however, sent him on a different journey through the U.S. Marine Corps, the Presbyterian ministry, politics, psychoanalysis, existentialism, and historical travel, to find his fulfillment as a teacher and coach in Northern California. Since 1979, Bill has been mentoring student athletes, taking many of them with him on summer odysseys through Europe and the Middle East to better inform the beginning of their journeys
Book review by USC Track & Field - (Note that this article still references an old email address - the correct one should be @gmail.com instead of @msn.com)
Endorsement from Track & Field News, July 2008 edition - "Bill has written an entertaining, inspiring autobiography well worth reading." Ed Fox, TFTN
ISBN-10: 0615199178 ISBN-13: 978-0615199177
From the back cover - Growing up among Hollywood legends and Olympic athletes, Bill Taylor's boyhood dream was to become a famous athlete. That dream was coming true when he ran national times and received a scholarship to USC, the top collegiate track team in the country. Anguish and tragedy, however, sent him on a different journey through the U.S. Marine Corps, the Presbyterian ministry, politics, psychoanalysis, existentialism, and historical travel, to find his fulfillment as a teacher and coach in Northern California. Since 1979, Bill has been mentoring student athletes, taking many of them with him on summer odysseys through Europe and the Middle East to better inform the beginning of their journeys
Book review by USC Track & Field - (Note that this article still references an old email address - the correct one should be @gmail.com instead of @msn.com)
Endorsement from Track & Field News, July 2008 edition - "Bill has written an entertaining, inspiring autobiography well worth reading." Ed Fox, TFTN
Athenian Odyssey
The book that started it all is still available on a limited basis. You can occasionally find copies through Amazon, alibris, and other used book sellers. ISBN-10: 0893530255 ISBN-13: 978-0893530259 If you'd like to read this book on Kindle, you should instead make your way to the nearest place that sells physical books.
From the back cover - Mr. Taylor locates the places where the main events of the "Golden Age of Athens occurred. But he does more than that --- he give you some of the speeches and the plays, and also a historical and psychological commentary that will assist you in visualizing the past while you are at the spot.
It was in Athens that civilized man reached the zenith of his achievement. All of us, to some extent, are what we are because of the Greeks of the Fifth Century B.C.
From the back cover - Mr. Taylor locates the places where the main events of the "Golden Age of Athens occurred. But he does more than that --- he give you some of the speeches and the plays, and also a historical and psychological commentary that will assist you in visualizing the past while you are at the spot.
It was in Athens that civilized man reached the zenith of his achievement. All of us, to some extent, are what we are because of the Greeks of the Fifth Century B.C.