Category: Christianity

Reflections on the Debate

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To preface this, I enjoyed live blogging the debate last night! Here’s my live blog post if you want to look at it. It was so much fun that I’m looking for another event to live blog, so let me know if you have any suggestions! In hindsight, I think it would have been helpful to give more details as to what was actually happening, to better contextualize the statements. But it was a good first attempt! What the live blogging did for me was capture my thoughts as I had them, so today I can just run through my comments…

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What I Learned Last Week

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It’s a bit awkward when you sit down to write a blog post about everything you learned last week and your mind goes completely blank. I know that I didn’t do much besides studying, but I don’t remember a thing, haha. At that point I pull out my trusty binder and refer to the prodigious notes created last week. And now I remember one thing: I got a 100% on my chemistry exam! That literally stunned me. I am not strong in science or math, so I’ve thought it impossible for me to do well in a subject like chemistry….

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Creation vs. Evolution Debate: Tonight!

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For those who haven’t heard, Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis will be debating Bill Nye the Science Guy tonight. You can read more here. Note: When I give a name and colon afterwards, I’m loosely quoting the general statements of the presenters. If it is an exact quote, I’ll put it in quotation marks. My own side comments are either addressed to a specific presenter or put in parenthesis. [liveblog]    If all goes according to plan, I will attempt live-blogging the debate, so check this post tonight for updates. I am bit disappointed the whole event will last only 2.5…

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Enough

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You are enough. Today is enough. Stop demanding perfection. Sometimes you’ll be happy with your success. But more often you’ll confront your failures. Then what? Will you condemn yourself? Will you bury yourself in accusations? Or will you take a deep breath and try again? You can’t help but make mistakes. You cannot ask perfection of a fallen human. So let go of your judgement and criticism. Take life one day at a time. Do your best at this moment and find satisfaction in that. This world is not the end for we journey towards eternity and freedom from our…

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What is Classical Education?

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This morning I braved the snowy roads (the city apparently decided to not bother plowing even the major roads) to hear Matt Bianco, the national director of education for Classical Conversations speak on what classical education means. It was very informative, as well as entertaining, and I wanted to share what I learned… To make decisions about education, we have to know what our goal is. This really goes for anything in life. And as an aside, this fits perfectly with the human action axiom. We act to achieve ends, and it makes sense that we ought to consider what…

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Link Love

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This is an interesting article arguing that it isn’t necessary to formally teach math. Who invented writing? This charming video from TED Ed describes the development of writing. This looks like a neat writing curriculum, Brave writing. What does it mean to remember? I haven’t watched this TED video yet, but it looks really fascinating. I enjoyed reading about a Day in the Life of a Waldorf Kindergarten. Some thought-provoking ideas about reading from Albert Mohler. I haven’t completely watched this video either (for some reason I have a really hard time watching videos) , but the subject, why MOOCs still matter,…

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What Does It Mean to be Productive?

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In December I left my office job at a local manufacturing company so I could devote my time to tutoring and homeschool consulting. I have rather a reputation for being an unorthodox free thinker, so I guess it isn’t surprising that I decided to launch off on my own sort of freelance career. If anyone would be up for that, it’d be me. But there’s been an interesting adjustment process the past few weeks. It is liberating and terrifying to be completely responsible for every moment of your day. There’s no excuse that you had a long day at work…

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