My Teacher, Mr. Pettit For most of my life I have been a student. But for the past 4 weeks I have become a teacher. As I "teach" I am seeking to understand what am I doing? What is Teaching? It has been interesting being a teacher after having been a student for [...]
The following is another quote from The Closing of the American Mind. There will probably be more quotes in the future because it is such a good read. This one is about the disappearance of Family in America. My friend Nate at The Treekiller Press asked me to write a review of the book. So [...]
I started reading a book called The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education has failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students by Allan Bloom. I bought it in part because I was blown away by the preface. I am still reading the introduction and I find an interesting idea or thought on virtually every page. [...]
From these considerations we conclude that most likely those who firmly maintain that god exists will be forced into impiety: for if they say that he takes care of everything, they will be saying that god is the cause of evils, while if they say that he takes care of some things only or even [...]
(click Image to see video) Yo La Tengo or Ellos Me Tienen I found Yo La Tengo (or they found me) when I was in a season in my life of travelling. That season was full of all kinds of new experiences and discoveries. Yo La Tengo was one of them. I am [...]
https://youtu.be/Eh44QPT1mPE The following is a letter I wrote to the church I was a member of when I was trying to take my membership seriously. It was September 14th 2009. I was 23 at the time and had just started my junior year in college. I became a member of this church when I [...]
Oh to be young again! I remember the days when I would fall asleep in my bed afraid of the dark. I remember sitting in detention because my parents couldn’t get me to school on time. I remember the tragic realization that my older sister would never be able to catch me in a game [...]