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On Grading Journals

Posted on 2009/10/28 by ngilmour

I don’t know what sort of madness assailed me that I assigned journals this semester (I haven’t done so for years now), but I am seeing some benefit in them this time around.? I think I’m going to require (in … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the Tests of Christ

Posted on 2009/10/21 by ngilmour

It’s been a week and a few days now since I taught this story (from early chapters of Matthew, Mark, and Luke) to our Sunday school class at Athens Christian Church, but I’m still thinking about the enormous interpretive challenge … Continue reading →

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Baseball Clip for EN101

Posted on 2009/10/15 by ngilmour

I promise I’m working on part 2 of my pluralism post, but right now I need somewhere to view a video without the moronic and offensive comments below, so I’m linking here for my freshman comp students. ?The video is … Continue reading →

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On Paper-Grading, Yet Again

Posted on 2009/09/21 by ngilmour

If the papers go by too slowly, I get frustrated. If the papers go by too quickly, I feel guilty for paying inadequate attention. There is no middle ground. Mu.

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No Baby Yet, Not Much Material Today

Posted on 2009/09/14 by ngilmour

Well, it’s been eleven days now since doctors put us on “any day now” notice, but that’s just not binding on a little girl, I suppose. ?No baby yet. I’m also approaching the halfway point of Richard Dawkins’s book The … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Coffee Shop Theology

Posted on 2009/09/11 by ngilmour

Several months ago, I wanted to take the Sunday school class I teach through some systematic theology, so I thought I might want to look into Coffee House Theology, which I had heard about on Homebrewed Christianity. ?Unfortunately, I remembered … Continue reading →

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One Faculty Workshop and Two Sermons Later…

Posted on 2009/09/09 by ngilmour

My new daughter decided not to arrive in the air-breathing world before I made my three public appearances, and I’ll admit that I’m relieved.? I didn’t have to punt any of the three, and I can say I completed each, … Continue reading →

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Keeping Things Going

Posted on 2009/08/06 by ngilmour

Day three of my professor career (I know I moved some stuff into the office earlier, but this is the third day that I’ve spent on campus, all day) is under way, and I’m still enjoying the task of re-creating … Continue reading →

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Not What we Teach but How we Teach

Posted on 2009/06/15 by ngilmour

Teaching in the Twenty-First Century I always read First Things with a grain of salt, but if you can get past the reflexive right-handedness of this essay, you’ll read some good things.? The editor is right when he notes that … Continue reading →

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Not the Teacher!

Posted on 2009/06/14 by ngilmour

How to Listen in Sunday School I figured this would be a good post to put up here on my first Sunday away from Athens Christian Church for a while.? I hope that I can heed its advice as I … Continue reading →

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Changes to the Sunday School Page

Posted on 2009/05/20 by ngilmour

Actually, the new name of the page (as you’ll see if you point your mouse down there) is “SundaySch.”? I had to do something relatively brief so that it would appear on the tab. Because I’ve been producing as much … Continue reading →

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Monastic Poverty, Take Two

Posted on 2009/05/11 by ngilmour

My Credo: We Work I suppose it’s no surprise that I’ve not taken the time to do the calculations that Marc Bousquet did: I’m busy, after all.? Today I turn in my final grades for the semester, and between my … Continue reading →

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An Interesting Dissent in the Educational Psychology World

Posted on 2009/04/30 by ngilmour

How to Wake Up Slumbering Minds – WSJ.com. I might have to check this book out this summer.? Daniel Willingham’s Why Don’t Students Like School?, according to this review, seems to take some of the psychological studies that educational theory … Continue reading →

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Pounding ‘em Out

Posted on 2009/04/27 by ngilmour

Two sophomore lit papers left.? Then 33 sophomore response papers from last Tuesday.? Then 22 freshman portfolios.? Then 33 sophomore lit papers.? Then 22 more freshman portfolios.? Then 35 sophomore final exams.? Then dissertation chapters.? Then a new job.? Then … Continue reading →

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Paul Spears on Ability and Work

Posted on 2009/04/24 by ngilmour

Gifted or Determined? I always enjoy stories of late bloomers not named Michael Jordan, and this one from Scriptorium Daily is worth repeating: Intellectual pursuit demands diligence and responsibility. A couple of years ago world class pediatric neurosurgeon Fred J. … Continue reading →

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Sinc ea?e m?g, gold on grunde, gumcynnes gehwone oferhigian, hyde se ?e wylle.

Posted on 2009/04/21 by ngilmour

Beowulf is over, and so my semester of experimental literature survey wraps up with it. ?I was dog-tired when I taught today, impending events having robbed me of some sleep, and I felt like the lesson suffered somewhat, but Beowulf?is … Continue reading →

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Selre bi? ?ghw?m, ??t he his freond wrece, ?onne he fela murne

Posted on 2009/04/16 by ngilmour

Day two of Beowulf is in the can.? Once again I had too much in my notes to squeeze into a seventy-minute class, but that’s an alright embarrassment of riches, as far as I’m concerned. We started out where today’s … Continue reading →

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Wyrd oft nere? unf?gne eorl, ?onne his ellen deah

Posted on 2009/04/14 by ngilmour

Strangely enough, even though I had just as much amateur linguistics lore, Tolkien tidbits, and other distractions in my notes today, our class on Beowulf turned out more focused than did our class on Anglo-Saxon elegies just before spring break.? … Continue reading →

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Medieval Times Pictures

Posted on 2009/04/10 by ngilmour

I’ve also got video clips that I might upload at some point, but I figured people might like to see the basic stills of our outing, so here they are! Medieval Times There’s not a whole lot to talk about … Continue reading →

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Bad, Bad Teacher Revisited

Posted on 2009/04/09 by ngilmour

The story of the lost Postman book did not end Tuesday.? When I got home that night (after a rip-roarin’ night at Medieval Times, which will yield pictures and possibly video clips soon), I could not put my hand on … Continue reading →

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