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Journal Content
I'm going to make some changes to my livejournal in light of considering priesthood. Friends are going to get grouped based on secular and/or theological topics. I'm not looking to put theological treatises on your friends page if you're not interested. I would appreciate if you comment with either a preference for secular, theological, or both ( Read more... ) -
Dave Chappelle, my classroom, and the word "crazy"
The worst thing to call someone is crazy. It’s dismissive. “I don’t understand this person, so they’re crazy.” That’s bull. These people are not crazy; they are strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick. - Dave Chappelle ( Read more... ) -
Student teaching as an odyssey (or how I became a Mohian again)
So, I had spent approximately five days spread over two weeks with my cooperating teacher (CT) at Mary G. Montgomery. I was gearing up to teach US HY from 1900 to today and Govt/econ, when on my first official day of student teaching, at 7 AM, my CT informed me that I needed a new placement ( Read more... ) -
amended plans
After further deliberation, it is a bit sudden to completely pull away from teaching in Secondary ed. First of all, once I graduate, I will still have a semester before the wedding and the move to South Carolina. There is no reason to shut out an opportunity to make substantially more money teaching than doing my other part-time jobs. And...there ( Read more... ) -
not important, but I needed to put it somewhere. (possible doctoral research subject)
the Christian side of the syncretic religious formula in the Holy Spirit Movement may have been able to stay pure (nonviolent) due to the nature of Uganda's brand of Christianity + spirit animism. The spirits were in charge of deciding who was to die, not the people involved in the fighting. Therefore, the people technically never broke the fifth ( Read more... ) -
Paper
The University of Missouri Department of History presents the ( Read more... ) -
Damn it...
I was driving down the road trying to decide whether to teach college or high school when I finally decided to flip a coin. At that moment, a little voice in the back of my head whispered "I hope it's not secondary ed ( Read more... ) -
Phi Alpha Theta Conference
The Phi Alpha Theta Conference went well. The ride up to Montgomery was an adventure in itself. You see, the conference was at Troy State University, and all of us, including a few Ph.D's had convinced ourselves that it would be at the Troy in Montgomery. Well, friday, before our drive up we realized that the conference at Troy State University ( Read more... ) -
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Some better pictures of me in a kilt ( Read more... )
