Explain what C.S. Lewis is trying to say in this passage. Try to explain the substance of Lewis’s critique. That is, what does he think educators (of high school students, at least) should be trying to do? What is the mistake of “Gaius and Titius”—and why is it a mistake? Then analyze, explore whether there are any logical gaps in Lewis’s argument, or if any of the terms he uses are ambiguous and in need of clarification; this is a logical sort of analysis. You could also analyze the passage in a more sociological way, in terms of whether it has retained any cultural relevance. After all, it has been 70 years since Lewis wrote this. Has the cultural situation changed in any important ways that would either strengthen or weaken his argument? Is the “pressing educational need of the moment” still the cultivation of correct emotions in students?

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Passage : “In the second place, I think Gaius and Titius may have honestly misunderstood the pressing educational need of the moment. They see the world around them swayed by emotional propaganda-they have learned from tradition that youth is sentimental-and they conclude that the best thing they can do is to fortify th eminds of young poeple against emotion. My own experience as a teacher tells an opposite tale. For every one pupil who needs to be guarded from a weak excess of sensibility there are three who need to be awakened from the slumber of cold vulgarity. The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts. The right defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments. By starving the sensibility of our pupils we only make them easier prey to the propagandist when he comes. For famished nature will be avenged and a hard heart is no infallible protection against a soft head.”

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