Boy, I just got cussed out yesterday off list from a professor at a western university for being a “Glenn Beck type” because my last short Random Thought was “the straw that broke the camel’s back.” Her message was not what you would call collegial. I mean it was smoking. Knowing she sure doesn’t [...]
I’ve been toying with the idea of replacing my computer. But, it’s proving to be formidable and unnerving. Everywhere I go and everything I read and everyone to whom I talk indicate that all the files I’ve got backed up using Windows XP will not be read on Windows 7 or Mac, and all [...]
I was just reading a message from a professor at a mid-western university who was belittling students by making fun of their “silly bloopers.” And I thought: the stories we tell about students reveal who we are, who we believe they are, and the nature of our relationships with them. Louis
I just came in from a meditative walk thinking about a bunch of journal entries I’ve been reading since I came back from the Lilly-North conference. Aside from the ravages of H1N1, aside from Homecoming Week, aside from the coming of that silly Fall Break next week, and aside from all the “abnormal” slings and [...]
As I struggled to catch up with student journals, A statement made by Lou Foltz at the Lilly conference kept ringing in my head: we are feeling people who think, not thinking people who feel. Then, I read Madeline’s journal entry last night and his words resounded as loudly as if I was next [...]
