Daniel Maycock

I grew up in Georgia where I was home schooled K-12 and had the privilege to study under Wes Callihan (Schola Classical Tutorials) throughout high school. I did my graduate work at St. John’s College, Annapolis, where I earned an M.A. in Liberal Arts (2013). My undergraduate work was done at LaGrange College, in LaGrange, Georgia, where I earned a B.A. in English, a B.A. in Music, and minored in Philosophy (2010). My Philosophy minor was awarded in recognition of my studies at Oxford University, UK, where for a term I studied Ancient Philosophy and Philosophical Hermeneutics (2009). I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in Early Modern Literature & Pedagogy at the University of South Carolina. I also teach at Memoria Academy (2013 – present), and taught Literature, Composition, Logic, Rhetoric, Geometry, Physics, and Precalculus for a number of years. Since 2022, I have also been Head of the Math Department. In addition to teaching online, I taught Freshman English for two years at the University of South Carolina (2017-18, 2019-20). I and my wife, Haley, live in South Carolina and have three wonderful children. We are members in good standing at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Columbia, SC. In my free time, I enjoy music (classical guitar, piano, and occasional bouts of accordion), poetry, backpacking, and dabbling in languages.

Teaching Philosophy

All my teaching is informed by 3 convictions. First, that the main purpose of primary and secondary education is to grow the kingdom of God, and that this is done by equipping and ennobling students through the transmission of our ecclesiastical and cultural heritage and tradition. Second, that classical education provides the ideal form and content for primary and secondary education. Third, that classical education should be understood as an education that 1) respects human nature and purpose, 2) seeks to cultivate a love for goodness, truth, and beauty, 3) is primarily formative rather than informative insofar as it seeks to cultivate habits of mind and soul.

Statement of Faith

I was raised in a Christian home and came to understand my need for Christ at the age of 4. Since then, Christ has been my only hope in the face of sin and death, notwithstanding certain periods of backsliding & doubt, and my frequent failures in the struggle against sin. I unreservedly confess the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed. I also adhere to the Westminster Standards of Faith and attend Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Columbia, SC.