Lillie long dreamed of going to St. John’s College, a unique school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that bases its curriculum on what it calls “The Great Books.” History, language, math, philosophy, you name it — all are taught through foundational texts that begin with Homer’s “Iliad” and continue through time.
Lillie, whose gender pronouns are they/them, wants to be an attorney for foster youth like themself. They were told about the school by their own foster care attorney, who had a friend who swore by St. John’s as what best prepared her for law school. ...