Archive for the ‘Learning/Education’ Category

posted by on Learning/Education, Personal Development, Spiritual Growth

In my Friday Favorites for the week ending April 6th, I committed to posting that for which I am thankful in response to a post written by Ang at Ang4Him. Unfortunately, last week I felt compelled to write about some different things, yet, I continually thought about what I was grateful for. So I begin [...]

PC vs. Mac

Dec
2006
22

posted by on Blogging, Learning/Education

Last Friday, December 15th was the end of the fall semester at the high school at which I teach.  I get two weeks off from teaching (I always treasure this perk) and it is always my hope that my time off will be restful as well as productive.    Restful it’s been…productive it’s not.  Something [...]

I’ll Be Back!

Dec
2006
06

posted by on Learning/Education, Personal Development

Please forgive me…One of the great things about teaching where I teach is there is a great amount of flexibility in what I do.  That flexibility allows me to teach the way I feel is best for my students, to cover what I feel is most relevant, to assess what I feel is most important. [...]

Teacher Torture

Dec
2006
03

posted by on Learning/Education

At the moment, I am trying to finish constructing a test for my ninth grade Old Testament classes. And if there is nothing I’d rather do, next to grading tests, it’s making them up. I try to ensure that my tests are not merely a regurgitation of material; that, in fact, the students really have [...]

posted by on Learning/Education, Parenting, Personal Development

Since my daughter began to talk, I have been encouraging her to talk to God.  As a mother who is Christian, I am very concerned with how to talk with my daughter about God without all the “church-speak” and technical religious jargon and cliches church people seem to use at times.  I want my daughter [...]

posted by on Learning/Education, Parenting

I’ve determined babies are the most incredible of all God’s creations. It took me almost 40 years to realize that, since it took just that long to have one (by choice). After 39½ years of life, along with 14½ weeks of complete bedrest during my pregnancy (most of that hospitalized), the birth of my dear daughter, [...]