Is A Student Obstinate Or Just Skeptical?
It’s been a while, but here’s one more thought about the NYT piece about educating skeptical students that was posted forever ago. I’ve already discussed why not presenting self-critical
Teaching
All the Manuscripts!
You guys, you guys, you guys, YOU GUYS! Check this out: Scribes of the Cairo Geniza I get embarrassingly giddy when interacting with manuscripts. Manuscripts of any material, actually, but the Biblical material
One Way Not To Be Boring
If the #1 rule is to not be boring, then the next question is how? I sat under Dr. Daniel Christiansen at Multnomah and during our OT History/Poetry class, he’
Boring and Engaged
Thinking more about the difference between being boring and engaged. Boring is autopilot; engaged is jarring Boring is busy work; engaged is after hours Boring is testing; engaged is “But wait, what
If I'm Bored, They're Bored
A little while ago, Matt sent me an interesting document put together by Google: what do teens and twenty-somethings find “cool”. Their definition was simple. Teens feel something is cool if