So I didn’t really post last week except about what I wanted to talk over. However, things came up (like sick family) so I didn’t. I also don’t know if I will be able to post much this week. So, here are some snippets for our sound bite culture.
*I’m heading to Springfield, IL with my wife and daughter. I am looking forward to this and dreading it at the same time. I look forward to getting away from home and hoping to spend time with my family without work or school. I am dreading it because my 2 year old daughter is getting where she wants to protest every little thing you want her to do. So, any ideas as to what we can do in Springfield that will be fun and allow my daughter roam free.
*I have had a burst of older games that I am looking forward too. With Left 4 Dead, Darksiders, Alan Wake, plus a bunch of other games I have yet to complete… AND the fact that I will get Dragons Age tonight means that there is plenty of gaming for me to do before Skyrim/Battlefield 3.
*I hate McDonald's. A sign that things economically aren’t getting better is when Ronald switches the cup on my shakes. Originally, large shakes were put into large soda cups but, now they are put into the “large” McCafe cups (or what I like to call, McCrap). The problem is that the “large” McCrap cup is equal to a medium soda cup. That is the kind of inflationary effects we need to track!
*Just to get you up on your Christian Theology. You will not spend eternity in heaven if you are a believer. Eternity is where the elect are on a renewed Earth with Christ as Sovereign. So, no choirs or become angels or anything else like that. Just renewed humanity living on a renewed Earth. Actually, if you want a really good picture of what life will be like see the Prefall state of the Earth and Man in Genesis.
*It is sad to see Rob Bell’s promo video for his new book. I like Rob but Universalism is heresy and has been for roughly 2,000 years. He is a great communicator but apparently pleasing people is more important than truth. God is love and God does win so love in effect wins but, sometimes love is giving your child their inheritance and letting them go. The excitement of the Father in the parable of the lost son is from the fact that his son returned… not all sons do. God is love but he is also just. God is like the wind but He is also like a rock. You can’t split off one half of Him because you don’t like it.
*It amazes me the level of feedback I got from people on tumblr over the Wisconsin post. It was also interesting that the negative feedback was from teachers or from those studying to be teachers, while the positive came from people who were outside of education. I have some sub points on this…
** Your students will judge you if their education prevents them from getting a job because it was shipped over seas due to the lack of manpower available. Our science and math grads are way below those of other industrialized nations and emerging markets. So, if you think that our poor ranking among other nations in education doesn’t matter, then you need to get a private sector job and watch. Companies look for people of quality. If we are not putting out the best then we will not have the best opportunities. So, either stop throwing a fit and do whatever you have to in order to meet the challenge or give up and do what some Michigan schools are doing by teaching their students how to ask “Would you like fries with that.”
** Teachers ARE NOT TRUE PROFESSIONALS. 1. ALL teachers (private and public… add to this home school) do not have to have a specialized degree in order to practice their art. Lawyers do, Doctors do, hell even Nurses do, but not teachers. 2. There is no standard form of certification for ALL teachers. There is for the others listed above. Teacher certification varies state to state and some places do not require any certification in order to teach. 3. There is no form of Internship or Apprenticeship for Teachers. I’m just going to say right now… one semester of student teaching does not qualify or match the measures that Doctors or even Lawyers (they typically have to work from a junior partner to full partner and have to get cases under their belts before striking out on their own… this is years not months). The Medical industry’s requirement of residency outstrips any practicum students do while in educational programs…
Now with this I believe teachers do have a very important role and SHOULD be meeting these items but to believe they are on the professional level with a doctor or lawyers at present is ridiculous. Also, I’m not using the generic definition of professional where you are a “professional” because you get paid for it.
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