Wesley Santos
about the teacher
Wesley Santos was born and lives at Aracaju/SE, Brazil. Graduated in Biological Sciences at the Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS – Brazil) in 2010. Early in graduation he figured out that God had given him the talent for teaching. In 2010 he debuted as a teacher, teaching for a class of 60 people, in a program called EJA (youngs and adults education). That was a big challenge for the first day, but it became more natural class after class. At the same school, he had the opportunity to teach high school students, with whom he felt a strong affinity. As soon as he finished graduation, he was accepted to study for his Master’s degree in Biological Oceanography at the Universidade Federal de Rio Grande (FURG – Brazil), one of the most prestigious institutions in oceanography studies in Brazil. After the achievement of his Master's degree, he got back into teaching in 2014 in the private educational system. In 2020 he got in contact with Kepler Education and was immediately fascinated by the Classical Christian Education philosophy and freedom. Since then, he migrated from the Brazilian private educational system to online platforms that provide educational services grounded by Classical Christian Education.
Married to Sanny, father of Matias, Ana Clara, and Elisa. A homeschooler father that is well aware of the challenges and privileges of taking the education of his kids in his own hands. He has a love for music and plays the violin at church with other musicists who, like him, enjoy developing their musical talents, to enjoy the beauty of music, but especially to praise the Lord.
Teaching Philosophy
As a teacher I believe that was entrusted to me the responsibility of being the intermediary between the student and the knowledge, so it is up to me to choose methodologies and materials that may help the student through the path. Different students may have different needs in this process, which brings the necessity of a sensibility to evaluate the individual needs and come up with solutions to each possible case, always working in partnership with the families to have more effectiveness in the learning/teaching process. As a Christian, I know that all truth is a truth of God, including the scientific truth, therefore, all knowledge is subordinate to the Holy Scriptures and under the major truth that God is the Lord of the universe and rules it according to predetermined laws, and reveals Himself to mankind through the things that have been made, according to Rm.1:20. To raise a fully virtuous human being it is necessary to look at him in a holistic way, it is mandatory that the knowledge has a rational, personal and spiritual value, meaning that when teaching about the winds and the oceans, the student learn about Jesus, who has the power to command the winds and the ocean, when learn about the physiology of breath, the student also learns the everything that breathes praises to the Lord.
Statement of Faith
I believe in God almighty, the one and only, the true living God. He, that knows me before time, the Father. He that became flesh and died my death, so I could live His life, Jesus Christ, the Son. He who lives inside me and guides me through the paths of this life, the Holy Spirit. They, that are three and one, that revealed himself through history, the God of the covenant, that gave me Jesus Christ, whose blood washes away my sin and the evilness of my heart. I believe that I am a foreign in this world, going to a home I never saw, and by faith I know, there is a place for me there, prepared for me by Jesus, besides my God, where I shall live for eternity. Amen. I am a calvinist christian and attend the Presbyterian Church of Aracaju (Sergipe - Brazil).