Slave:
There is a lot of dialogue! We don’t want to know the author; we want to know the soup guy. Sometimes, dialogue gives a more perfect vision of the subject.
Ah! We need to stop reading different essays! I can’t decide who I want to write about.
More subject ideas:
Bill Sparks
Pres. Reed
Pick the subject and the side of that person I want to show. I need to decide what I want the reader to know about that person and keep other sides from leaking in. I don’t need “fluff.” To pick that, I need to ask myself, what is unique. Lucas: living day-to-day. Warrants for his arrest. Or
Bill Sparks: living a life of service.
Warning: Don’t try to cover too much ground.
Levels of reflection:
To work on:
Fill it with more details, and add my own commentary. Make my current-self talk. Not just the “me” living the event.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
10.24.2011
Art: something to be admired. Can be a skill, a painting, music, a life style. “The perfection of anything.” “a way to express yourself.”
How do you teach your children an appreciation for art?
I don’t know how much you have to. I don’t feel like I should focus on that when there is so much more my kids are going to have to worry about. If I can teach them where all beautiful things come from, they will appreciate beautiful things, no matter what time period they come from. I think if I can teach them to love the Lord and the gospel, art doesn’t matter. I feel like if we focus too much on the things of the world, our kids will become of the world.
LUCAS!
How do you teach your children an appreciation for art?
I don’t know how much you have to. I don’t feel like I should focus on that when there is so much more my kids are going to have to worry about. If I can teach them where all beautiful things come from, they will appreciate beautiful things, no matter what time period they come from. I think if I can teach them to love the Lord and the gospel, art doesn’t matter. I feel like if we focus too much on the things of the world, our kids will become of the world.
LUCAS!
10.21.2011
I am a…
Daughter
Sister
Student
Crew member
Disciple-in-training
Example
Cousin
Member of the Church
High school graduate
Daughter of God
Princess
Roommate
Musician
Computer geek
Woman
Friend
American
Pre-missionary
Washintonian
Reader
Teacher
Tyler Henderson
Son
Brother
Uncle
Cousin
Friend
SVC President
SYC member
Example
Future missionary
Son of God
American
Physics geek
Engineer major
Teacher
Learner
Student
High school graduate
An “always serious and spiritual, solve-all-your-problems-with-deep-thinking” kind of person
A thinker
A pessimist
An optimist
A light in the darkness
Tyler’s differences from me
Son
Brother
Uncle
SVC President
SYC member
Son of God
Priesthood holder
Engineer major
An “always serious and spiritual, solve-all-your-problems-with-deep-thinking” kind of person
A thinker
A pessimist
An optimist
A light in the darkness
Questions to ask:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of being the Skagit Valley Community College President and a Mormon at the same time?
What gets you discouraged?
What encourages you?
How do you exercise your priesthood every day?
What is your long-term career goal?
How are you preparing for your mission?
What about being a missionary scares you? Are you excited for?
What childhood events helped shape who you are?
What events in your teenage or adult life further defined your character?
When you have (or make) time to think, where do you start? Or what is your process of thinking?
How do you live your standards in such a difficult place to live?
What is it like to be an uncle?
How is it being the Bishop’s son?
How is your relationship with your dad? Have you worked out your “frustrations” with him?
How is your relationship with your mom? How do you treat her?
Definition of Indifference:
Indifference reduces the Other to an abstraction.
What (or who) you know can’t hurt you… Or bless you.
Was Mom being indifferent by leaving that little girl with the woman at the shooting? I don’t think so. She was led by the spirit to go home.
Christ was indifferent to himself. Maybe
Daughter
Sister
Student
Crew member
Disciple-in-training
Example
Cousin
Member of the Church
High school graduate
Daughter of God
Princess
Roommate
Musician
Computer geek
Woman
Friend
American
Pre-missionary
Washintonian
Reader
Teacher
Tyler Henderson
Son
Brother
Uncle
Cousin
Friend
SVC President
SYC member
Example
Future missionary
Son of God
American
Physics geek
Engineer major
Teacher
Learner
Student
High school graduate
An “always serious and spiritual, solve-all-your-problems-with-deep-thinking” kind of person
A thinker
A pessimist
An optimist
A light in the darkness
Tyler’s differences from me
Son
Brother
Uncle
SVC President
SYC member
Son of God
Priesthood holder
Engineer major
An “always serious and spiritual, solve-all-your-problems-with-deep-thinking” kind of person
A thinker
A pessimist
An optimist
A light in the darkness
Questions to ask:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of being the Skagit Valley Community College President and a Mormon at the same time?
What gets you discouraged?
What encourages you?
How do you exercise your priesthood every day?
What is your long-term career goal?
How are you preparing for your mission?
What about being a missionary scares you? Are you excited for?
What childhood events helped shape who you are?
What events in your teenage or adult life further defined your character?
When you have (or make) time to think, where do you start? Or what is your process of thinking?
How do you live your standards in such a difficult place to live?
What is it like to be an uncle?
How is it being the Bishop’s son?
How is your relationship with your dad? Have you worked out your “frustrations” with him?
How is your relationship with your mom? How do you treat her?
Definition of Indifference:
Indifference reduces the Other to an abstraction.
What (or who) you know can’t hurt you… Or bless you.
Was Mom being indifferent by leaving that little girl with the woman at the shooting? I don’t think so. She was led by the spirit to go home.
Christ was indifferent to himself. Maybe
10.19.2011
I liked Adam’s essay.
Who do I know?
Burlington ward
The youth of the Mount Vernon stake
The bishop of my homeward
Most people in my singles branch
The Palmer family
Keegan, Nathaly, Claudia
My teachers
The teachers at B-EHS
My high school guidance counselor
Harrison, Tauni, Brent, BJ, Jeff, Sarah, and Heidi Beck
The Keyes Family (Specifically Sheila and her parents)
Cody Huls
Peter Edmunds
Tim Yeates
London Byler
Carissa Lee
Shane (London’s friend)
Jayton (Carissa’s boyfriend)
Emily Holbrook
Michael Siesmore
Aaron (FBLA)
Senior class at b-ehs
Teachers at Lucille Umbarger
Define:
Tolerance- “agreeing to disagree” without complaint or discrimination (for example Emily and popping her gum or other religions in my life)
Appreciation- respecting and understanding a difference in a person. (being able to share experiences, thoughts, feelings, or precious time with someone who acts or believes differently than you.)
“There is too much intolerance in the world. There is too much of it in our own society… I sat one evening at the table of a Jewish friend. The prayer he uttered upon his guests and upon the table at which we sat was beautiful and moving. I was grateful for what I heard. We can be appreciative in a very sincere way. We must not only be tolerant, but we must cultivate a spirit of affirmative gratitude for those who do not see things quite as we see them. We do not in any way have to compromise our theology, our convictions, our knowledge of eternal truth as it has been revealed by the God of Heaven. We can offer our own witness of truth, quietly, sincerely, honestly, but never in a manner that will give offense to others.” ~ President Hinckely (I Think pg. 92)
Brad Wilcox: The Continuous Atonement “The most miserable people…” (add when you’re home)
Tolerance:
Put up with
Allow
Patient with
Mercy?
Appreciation (affirmative gratitude):
Other
How do we differ?
Race
Religion
Culture
Style/taste
Gender
Education
Social status
Age
Politics
Values/standards
Background
Experiences
Affiliations
Language
Cody Huls: Different health problems, different motivations (or the lack of), different personality, different perspective
How do you remember yourself prior to this “illness?”
London Byler: Different background, different taste in boys, different idea of “beautiful”
Tell me about your family situation.
What do you find attractive on the inside and outside of a person?
What is a military life like?
What was the hardest thing you have ever done?
Cameron Frazer: Complete Opposite
What are you thinking?!
Who do I know?
Burlington ward
The youth of the Mount Vernon stake
The bishop of my homeward
Most people in my singles branch
The Palmer family
Keegan, Nathaly, Claudia
My teachers
The teachers at B-EHS
My high school guidance counselor
Harrison, Tauni, Brent, BJ, Jeff, Sarah, and Heidi Beck
The Keyes Family (Specifically Sheila and her parents)
Cody Huls
Peter Edmunds
Tim Yeates
London Byler
Carissa Lee
Shane (London’s friend)
Jayton (Carissa’s boyfriend)
Emily Holbrook
Michael Siesmore
Aaron (FBLA)
Senior class at b-ehs
Teachers at Lucille Umbarger
Define:
Tolerance- “agreeing to disagree” without complaint or discrimination (for example Emily and popping her gum or other religions in my life)
Appreciation- respecting and understanding a difference in a person. (being able to share experiences, thoughts, feelings, or precious time with someone who acts or believes differently than you.)
“There is too much intolerance in the world. There is too much of it in our own society… I sat one evening at the table of a Jewish friend. The prayer he uttered upon his guests and upon the table at which we sat was beautiful and moving. I was grateful for what I heard. We can be appreciative in a very sincere way. We must not only be tolerant, but we must cultivate a spirit of affirmative gratitude for those who do not see things quite as we see them. We do not in any way have to compromise our theology, our convictions, our knowledge of eternal truth as it has been revealed by the God of Heaven. We can offer our own witness of truth, quietly, sincerely, honestly, but never in a manner that will give offense to others.” ~ President Hinckely (I Think pg. 92)
Brad Wilcox: The Continuous Atonement “The most miserable people…” (add when you’re home)
Tolerance:
Put up with
Allow
Patient with
Mercy?
Appreciation (affirmative gratitude):
Other
How do we differ?
Race
Religion
Culture
Style/taste
Gender
Education
Social status
Age
Politics
Values/standards
Background
Experiences
Affiliations
Language
Cody Huls: Different health problems, different motivations (or the lack of), different personality, different perspective
How do you remember yourself prior to this “illness?”
London Byler: Different background, different taste in boys, different idea of “beautiful”
Tell me about your family situation.
What do you find attractive on the inside and outside of a person?
What is a military life like?
What was the hardest thing you have ever done?
Cameron Frazer: Complete Opposite
What are you thinking?!
10.14.2011
Requirements for the Essay:
Double Spaced
Heading:
Student Name (page number in header)
Teacher
Course
Date
Title (Only 1 Double Space)
Space before and space after settings. (lol)
Margins 1 inch
Times New Roman 12 pt.
Double Spaced
Heading:
Student Name (page number in header)
Teacher
Course
Date
Title (Only 1 Double Space)
Space before and space after settings. (lol)
Margins 1 inch
Times New Roman 12 pt.
10.12.2011
I need to write more details about the people and places in my story and introduce them at different times.
10.10.2011
A misplaced modifier contains all of the proper information to make the sentence clear, it’s just in the
wrong place in the sentence and so causes confusion.
Example: The other morning, I came out of the tent and shot an elephant in my pajamas.
(The rest of the joke goes: How he got in my pajamas, I will never know.)
“The town outlaws dancing. What?! Rexburg doesn’t even do that!” ~Brother Dayley
A dangling modifier may be in a logical location in the sentence, but it’s missing key information (often the subject of the main clause following it) and so makes the sentence less than clear for the reader.
Examples: Having finished dinner, the football game was turned on. The game didn’t finish dinner.)
After reading the original study, the articles remains unconvincing. (We don’t know who read the original study.)
Running for the bus, the rain started coming down in buckets and I got all wet.
The couch was kind of ugly in the furniture store.
Having searched and searched for Mr. Right, it started to seem like he didn’t exist.
The Chase:
Details + Commentary/meaning/significance (bottom (80%) + top(20%)): Annie Dillard
Someone can’t get off the bottom of the ladder: I can’t get on it!
If we’re supposed to work our way up to the top of the ladder, but the middle of the ladder is bad, how do you get up there? Do you jump?
wrong place in the sentence and so causes confusion.
Example: The other morning, I came out of the tent and shot an elephant in my pajamas.
(The rest of the joke goes: How he got in my pajamas, I will never know.)
“The town outlaws dancing. What?! Rexburg doesn’t even do that!” ~Brother Dayley
A dangling modifier may be in a logical location in the sentence, but it’s missing key information (often the subject of the main clause following it) and so makes the sentence less than clear for the reader.
Examples: Having finished dinner, the football game was turned on. The game didn’t finish dinner.)
After reading the original study, the articles remains unconvincing. (We don’t know who read the original study.)
Running for the bus, the rain started coming down in buckets and I got all wet.
The couch was kind of ugly in the furniture store.
Having searched and searched for Mr. Right, it started to seem like he didn’t exist.
The Chase:
Details + Commentary/meaning/significance (bottom (80%) + top(20%)): Annie Dillard
Someone can’t get off the bottom of the ladder: I can’t get on it!
If we’re supposed to work our way up to the top of the ladder, but the middle of the ladder is bad, how do you get up there? Do you jump?
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
10.8.2011
No Class (At home):
Film clip #1:
What role does the setting play in the clip/film?
How does the setting influence our expectations for the characters?
Does the setting determine the actions/plot?
Is setting always this important?
What is revealed about the characters through dialogue, dialect, and mannerisms?
What is the moral?
Why is this moral effectively presented?
Do we actually ever hear someone say outright what the lesson is?
Film clip #1:
What role does the setting play in the clip/film?
How does the setting influence our expectations for the characters?
Does the setting determine the actions/plot?
Is setting always this important?
What is revealed about the characters through dialogue, dialect, and mannerisms?
What is the moral?
Why is this moral effectively presented?
Do we actually ever hear someone say outright what the lesson is?
Monday, October 3, 2011
10.3.2011
Shooting an Elephant
I don't know what to think of this reading. The writing is good. I get frustrated that he gave into peer pressure; that he had to impress the people around him in order to feel "accepted."
In Class Notes
What did you like or dislike about conference?
I loved how President Monson can stay so positive in such a negative world. I also have had this fear for a long time that since the second coming is so close, I wouldn't be able to have kids, or at least raise them. I don't remember who said it, but someone gave comfort to people like me who have that fear. I love President Uchtdorf's talk in General Conference and in the Relief Society meeting. I love his attitude toward the worth of a soul. This conference, I felt like I received a lot of positive, uplifting messages about my attitude toward life. I also learned that I need to be patient in waiting to receive answers to my prayers.
I also learned things that weren't said in conference. For example, my roommates would rather sleep through the non-apostle speakers (such as members of the quorum of the 70) and only listen to apostles and the prophet. That bothered me. I plan to teach my kids different traditions and I have set higher standards for myself during conference.
My brother Jon is standing in the corner. (I have at least 2 brothers.)
My brother, Jon, is standing in the corner. (I have only 1 brother.-The commas mean Jon is non essential.)
Non-restrictive vs. restrictive, THAT is restrictive (no commas), WHICH is non-restrictive (commas)
I don't know what to think of this reading. The writing is good. I get frustrated that he gave into peer pressure; that he had to impress the people around him in order to feel "accepted."
In Class Notes
What did you like or dislike about conference?
I loved how President Monson can stay so positive in such a negative world. I also have had this fear for a long time that since the second coming is so close, I wouldn't be able to have kids, or at least raise them. I don't remember who said it, but someone gave comfort to people like me who have that fear. I love President Uchtdorf's talk in General Conference and in the Relief Society meeting. I love his attitude toward the worth of a soul. This conference, I felt like I received a lot of positive, uplifting messages about my attitude toward life. I also learned that I need to be patient in waiting to receive answers to my prayers.
I also learned things that weren't said in conference. For example, my roommates would rather sleep through the non-apostle speakers (such as members of the quorum of the 70) and only listen to apostles and the prophet. That bothered me. I plan to teach my kids different traditions and I have set higher standards for myself during conference.
My brother Jon is standing in the corner. (I have at least 2 brothers.)
My brother, Jon, is standing in the corner. (I have only 1 brother.-The commas mean Jon is non essential.)
Non-restrictive vs. restrictive, THAT is restrictive (no commas), WHICH is non-restrictive (commas)
Saturday, October 1, 2011
9.28.2011
Thinking about the Self
I really liked this essay! This one will really help me it writing my essay. I feel like the principles taught will really help me in my writing. I feel like I'm learning more about myself and how I think when I'm writing in this class.
I really liked this essay! This one will really help me it writing my essay. I feel like the principles taught will really help me in my writing. I feel like I'm learning more about myself and how I think when I'm writing in this class.
9.26.2011
Diagnosing and Treating...
Wow! Another essay I absolutely loved! I want to write a reaction paper on this one. There are so many gospel principles that can be discussed from this one. Also, A Thomas Jefferson Education is a great book talking about getting rid of the "There's always a right and a wrong" frame of mind. Sometimes it's hard for me to go to English right after math. Math tells me there is always a right and a wrong AND there's usually only 1 right way to do it. I like working in English better because we learn to think for ourselves.
In Class Notes
Mr. Voigt. The scariest person you'll ever meet. He taught me so much more than just writing skills. He taught me about life, how to study, how to think. FANTASTIC! I felt more confident about myself, my writing, my studies, and my ability to learn after taking his class.
Mr. Voigt's dry (and sometimes morbid) sense of humor is usually the first think his past students think of. The confident way he stood, with his polka doted ties and off-colored slacks, did not reflect his height, but it did in his teaching style.
Wow! Another essay I absolutely loved! I want to write a reaction paper on this one. There are so many gospel principles that can be discussed from this one. Also, A Thomas Jefferson Education is a great book talking about getting rid of the "There's always a right and a wrong" frame of mind. Sometimes it's hard for me to go to English right after math. Math tells me there is always a right and a wrong AND there's usually only 1 right way to do it. I like working in English better because we learn to think for ourselves.
In Class Notes
Mr. Voigt. The scariest person you'll ever meet. He taught me so much more than just writing skills. He taught me about life, how to study, how to think. FANTASTIC! I felt more confident about myself, my writing, my studies, and my ability to learn after taking his class.
Mr. Voigt's dry (and sometimes morbid) sense of humor is usually the first think his past students think of. The confident way he stood, with his polka doted ties and off-colored slacks, did not reflect his height, but it did in his teaching style.
9.23.2011
Simplicity
Simple is good. I feel like in college, we're trying to step it up a little too much. we try to use bigger, more complicated words to "impress." I want to try to apply some of these principles to my essay.
Class notes
Meta=Self reflection
Simple is good. I feel like in college, we're trying to step it up a little too much. we try to use bigger, more complicated words to "impress." I want to try to apply some of these principles to my essay.
Class notes
Meta=Self reflection
9.21.2011
Out of your Experience
Loved this talk! When I was getting my endorsement from President Brownell, he told me the one thing he was concerned about was that I would have a problem with standing up for the Honor Code. Not that I would break the rules, but I needed to help my roommates remember the honor code when they would forget. He reminded me that (especially if I got into BYU) there were people who did not get in. We are all in a spot that someone else wanted. It's a good way to think about it. I plan to write a reaction paper on this one.
In class notes
Pg. 76: Collage, Montage, Mosaic, Vignette, Episode, Segment:
Opening sentence: "It's a common problem among student writers, starting too far back in the narrative or trying to encompass too much time or too much activity in a single chronology.
My thoughts:
The opening statement was good. It started by telling us everything. I don't need to finish the essay to learn at least one thing, but I would like to.
I also believe that to be true, that students do start too far back. sometimes the best writing covers only a matter of moments, with stronger sentences.
Opening Statement tools:
Issue up front
Scene
Curiosity
Dialogue/Quote
Ladder-top/bottom
Establishes contrast/conflict
Blunt/Short
Establishes tone
Establishes connection/doesn't
Imagery-description, metaphor
Tense
challenges expectation
Decide why I wrote what I wrote!
Loved this talk! When I was getting my endorsement from President Brownell, he told me the one thing he was concerned about was that I would have a problem with standing up for the Honor Code. Not that I would break the rules, but I needed to help my roommates remember the honor code when they would forget. He reminded me that (especially if I got into BYU) there were people who did not get in. We are all in a spot that someone else wanted. It's a good way to think about it. I plan to write a reaction paper on this one.
In class notes
Pg. 76: Collage, Montage, Mosaic, Vignette, Episode, Segment:
Opening sentence: "It's a common problem among student writers, starting too far back in the narrative or trying to encompass too much time or too much activity in a single chronology.
My thoughts:
The opening statement was good. It started by telling us everything. I don't need to finish the essay to learn at least one thing, but I would like to.
I also believe that to be true, that students do start too far back. sometimes the best writing covers only a matter of moments, with stronger sentences.
Opening Statement tools:
Issue up front
Scene
Curiosity
Dialogue/Quote
Ladder-top/bottom
Establishes contrast/conflict
Blunt/Short
Establishes tone
Establishes connection/doesn't
Imagery-description, metaphor
Tense
challenges expectation
Decide why I wrote what I wrote!
9.19.2011
Let Punctuation
There isn't too much to say about this essay. I really liked thinking of punctuation as a tool. I also liked how he said he would take all the commas out and then put them back in. I don't know if I'm quite to the point where I could do that, but it's a good idea.
In Class
Comma Splice: Run on sentences combined with a comma. Instead of the comma, you could add a semicolon (;), a period (.), or a word (FANBOYS).
Exercise:
Only a month ago, on a wet Washington night, with only a few moments to spare before saying goodbye to my best friend, I found myself in an empty theater in the cinema at the Alderwood Mall. The music was playing and aside from the dim lights on the wall and lining the floor, it was dark. As the names of the names of the actors from The Help rolled across the screen, I was aiming for the glowing exit sign-at which I wanted to dart to the vehicle for warmth- when when a hand grabbed mine and spun me around reminding me of the significance of these last few moments with Harrison Reed Beck.
There isn't too much to say about this essay. I really liked thinking of punctuation as a tool. I also liked how he said he would take all the commas out and then put them back in. I don't know if I'm quite to the point where I could do that, but it's a good idea.
In Class
Comma Splice: Run on sentences combined with a comma. Instead of the comma, you could add a semicolon (;), a period (.), or a word (FANBOYS).
Exercise:
Only a month ago, on a wet Washington night, with only a few moments to spare before saying goodbye to my best friend, I found myself in an empty theater in the cinema at the Alderwood Mall. The music was playing and aside from the dim lights on the wall and lining the floor, it was dark. As the names of the names of the actors from The Help rolled across the screen, I was aiming for the glowing exit sign-at which I wanted to dart to the vehicle for warmth- when when a hand grabbed mine and spun me around reminding me of the significance of these last few moments with Harrison Reed Beck.
9.16.2011
Climb Up and Down
I do NOT like the ladder analogy. I understand the point the author was trying to make, but I feel like there are too many restrictions. I also get the feeling that descriptions (being at the bottom of the ladder) are a poor form of writing and bigger and deeper words (which are at the top of the ladder) show writing maturity. I know that this isn't what the essay was saying, but I have an extremely difficult time with that analogy.
I do NOT like the ladder analogy. I understand the point the author was trying to make, but I feel like there are too many restrictions. I also get the feeling that descriptions (being at the bottom of the ladder) are a poor form of writing and bigger and deeper words (which are at the top of the ladder) show writing maturity. I know that this isn't what the essay was saying, but I have an extremely difficult time with that analogy.
9.14.2011
My Five-Paragraph Theme-Theme
What an essay! I love the sarcasm and the point made. I do think there is a time for that structure. It's sad that some teachers give A's for those because they are so "clear" and easier to grade. I've learned the "game" of school: you play to the teacher. i remember doing a project for my business communications class. I did the bare minimum of research that I needed, but probably should have done more. I heard my teacher repeat the same instructions everyday, but no one followed them. When I stood up to present, I followed EXACTLY what he said. The content was not that fantastic, but I was the only person to get an A.
What an essay! I love the sarcasm and the point made. I do think there is a time for that structure. It's sad that some teachers give A's for those because they are so "clear" and easier to grade. I've learned the "game" of school: you play to the teacher. i remember doing a project for my business communications class. I did the bare minimum of research that I needed, but probably should have done more. I heard my teacher repeat the same instructions everyday, but no one followed them. When I stood up to present, I followed EXACTLY what he said. The content was not that fantastic, but I was the only person to get an A.
9.12.2011
What do I want to learn?
In my senior year of high school, I learned a great deal about myself as a writer and a person. I want to learn how to effectively apply those principles I learned in a college setting. Although I believe there could be 1 assignment that teaches me those things, I do believe they can be learned in a process. I also want to learn HOW to think. High school taught me what and when to think, but I expect more out of BYU-Idaho.
Angels on a Pin (in class)
I loved this story. It's hard to choose a side, which makes it more interesting to discuss. I admire the boy in his efforts to show that the system has a glitch. I understand the teacher's frustration that this student was trying to show that in HIS class with HIS test. So how do we find a balance? I don't know. I look at it like this: If the boy chose to do this "demonstration" in his English class or his math class, either teacher would have had a problem. I guess Physics just got the short end of the stick.
In my senior year of high school, I learned a great deal about myself as a writer and a person. I want to learn how to effectively apply those principles I learned in a college setting. Although I believe there could be 1 assignment that teaches me those things, I do believe they can be learned in a process. I also want to learn HOW to think. High school taught me what and when to think, but I expect more out of BYU-Idaho.
Angels on a Pin (in class)
I loved this story. It's hard to choose a side, which makes it more interesting to discuss. I admire the boy in his efforts to show that the system has a glitch. I understand the teacher's frustration that this student was trying to show that in HIS class with HIS test. So how do we find a balance? I don't know. I look at it like this: If the boy chose to do this "demonstration" in his English class or his math class, either teacher would have had a problem. I guess Physics just got the short end of the stick.
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