I taught my first lesson ever today!! metaphors and similes to 9th graders at Beaver Falls HS! w00t!
I'm so thankful for how it went - - and I'm really excited about teaching! I wasn't nervous at all once I got up there, and I had so much fun :-)
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Sunday, March 19, 2006
The Fall
so Bangor and Allison Perry and I went to Eat 'n' Park last night real quick, and on the way back they brought up a question that they were debating in HUM 303: to what extent has the Fall affected man's abilities?
At first I was really quick to draw the line, and said that obviously things like being lame, or blind, are part of the Fall.
But what about skills? such as math, writing, athletic, music abilities? Are we all supposed to be perfectly good at them? Or is there a certain limit to our abilities, and even in Heaven we won't be totally perfect at them?
So then I thought, uh, does it really matter what exactly I think? Well, I'm going to be a teacher. And so if I believe that everyone should be able to write perfectly, but they don't because of the Fall, I am going to strive as hard as I can to propel students to perfection (recognizing, of course, that they won't get there in this life). If I believe that students aren't necessarily gifted in writing, and so will NEVER be able to write perfectly, I will work around it more, and accommodate their weaknesses.
I hope this makes sense...I'd appreciate your thoughts!
At first I was really quick to draw the line, and said that obviously things like being lame, or blind, are part of the Fall.
But what about skills? such as math, writing, athletic, music abilities? Are we all supposed to be perfectly good at them? Or is there a certain limit to our abilities, and even in Heaven we won't be totally perfect at them?
So then I thought, uh, does it really matter what exactly I think? Well, I'm going to be a teacher. And so if I believe that everyone should be able to write perfectly, but they don't because of the Fall, I am going to strive as hard as I can to propel students to perfection (recognizing, of course, that they won't get there in this life). If I believe that students aren't necessarily gifted in writing, and so will NEVER be able to write perfectly, I will work around it more, and accommodate their weaknesses.
I hope this makes sense...I'd appreciate your thoughts!
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
blast from the past
So I got an email this morning with a fun picture of my dad in it....thought I'd show you all what he looked like in the 80's :-P At first I didn't recognize him -- so much hair, and a beard!! (sorry, dad). but he does look quite handsome, don't you think? :-D
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