Ham

So to learn to teach. Gawd almighty.. I have at least one dear friend I've met here.. this was his first year teaching with a graduate assistantship.. he's probably about 25 years old.. I say something like.. it really isn't ethical larning how to teach in these conditions.. and my friend agrees.. no, you don't technically damage the students. You don't teach anything that is technically *wrong*.. but no, otherwise, the first time around, you are just plain awful.. It brings me back to the one character who went through this and got a doctorate. He came to Saginaw Valley.. the *message* was something like.. "thank God for beer.." ah yes. The students agree here.. St. Patricks day. I saw about 150 students, dressed in various shades of green.. heading to the.. Wayside Bar and Grill.. some were some of mine.. where do we go from here..

I took a half a year of Spanish at this university. If decided to be a Chemist, it would have ended up being two semesters of German.. well, I am a chemist. Kind of.. So where do we go from here. I have twenty years experience in electronics and electronic repair.. a *real* four year degree in *almost* computational mathematics, and beyond. four semesters experience, teaching intermediate algebra. God have mercy on my first set of students.. well, on me too.. and at the end of the semester, I will be approximately 5 credits away from a Masters degree in math.. I hope the students in my first horrid offering of Math 105 are likewise 5 credits away from some kind of degree.. In all fairness. I should have done this about forty years ago..

well.. I mean, isn't that the CORE CURRICULUM in way theology? in math curriculum, that would entail Calculus I, II and III..

It's something like a command in machine language that says "arimethic shift right" and you look at what comes out of the other end.. there was a catalog for da way once.. maybe somebody could post it.. you know, the curriculum, the classes, the requirements.. what is interesting here. here is the curriculum for "applied mathematics". http://catalog.svsu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=12&poid=1088&returnto=165 if I went back and took Math 211, I would have a double major. Mathematics, and Applied mathematics.. I held out for the 400 level statistics course though, but the seldom offer it.. If one were to count "PFAL, foundational, intermedaiate, and advanced" as core classes. That sill only adds about 12 credits..

so... what comprised the qualifications for the baccalaureate in *theology*? I'm just trying to count marbles here. Ignore me, if I seem troublesome.. I really don't intend to be.. what do we have from da way. figures of speech I. Introduction to Hebrew Introduction to Greek Introduction to Aramaic Church history(!).. *practical* theology(?) Psychology 101. (no, never in da way..) competent(?) to counsel.. how to stand up in front of a group and make ridiculous claims.. what ever happened to basic english and history? I'm still only counting about 29 credits here.. there are about 110 more.. well, at least towards a "baccalaureate".. or in HONEST terms, a Bachellor's degree.. maybe beauty is in the eye of the beholder.. what is it, exactly, that you "completed"? No. I won't say it is "useless". I successfully "completed" a few electronics courses in the late seventies through Heath Educational Systems. close to 40 credits. No, they are not "accredited". not by state university standards.. I still include their reference on my resume.. Yeah, I can still program a 6800 processor to spit out square roots in binary..

Stretching.. just like the coffee for pfal. and the washed, re-used styrofoam cups. Lipstick stains, and bite marks included.. Here is the curriculum for a "baccalaureate" degree from the university I attended. Usually the list is as long and as difficult, for other majors. I have a major in math, minor in chemistry from this institution.. http://catalog.svsu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=12&poid=1183&returnto=165 pretty impressive.. just some of the names of the class required, perhaps one cannot even define. at the moment, anyway.. notice there is no work "programme" to make the venture a "success". You know. "work will set you free.." or some such. Unless one considers lab hours in Physics 211, 212, Organic Chem I and II.. for your chosen minor. Even if not, One is required to sucessfully participate in a class involving some kind of physical science, including some form of lab work.. then there are more than departmental requirements. There are university requirements. They want a graduate to be able to: compose a major work, with proper documentation, and without plagiarism. be able to read and intelligently comment on others written works.. have a knowledge of modern history. And be able to consider the REASON behind modern historical contexts.. i.e.. what or why, would China have some kind of *issue* with its early encounters with western civilization. That was the required I chose to take. It had other labels, but that really basically was the *real* content of the course. Then one has to show proficiency, reading, writing and understanding a foreign language. Then there is at least one history class, where one has the rare priviledge of weighing their actions with global implications.. that's what a baccalaureate really entails.. unless it is earned from a degree mill..

I can't either.. Secretary Treasurer?? Wasn't he just a buffoon who worked at a lumber yard when victoid I met him? Qualifications for the "job". 1. can follow orders, without question. 2. has a drivers license, and can drive a motor-coach for various nefarious "activities". 3. will accept bribes in the form of women, money, and fame(?) 4. Can sign the checks. 5.. can follow orders, without question..

But back to the Associate Theology(?) Degree(?).. there are few places in the world that seem to "recognize" that little "diploma".. or attach any significance to the "holy spirit" ring that some recipients were able to purchase. Like.. maybe offshoots.. other places don't seem to give a rat's azz if one has evidence that they "studied" for two years in some cramped hall under victoid I or the loymeister's "feet"..

sorry for the multiple posts here. the "rest of you" just cant reply fast enough.. or maybe it is, you perfectly agree.. Christ. It's only Tuesday. Not some post at the moment at the end of the week or something..

why is it that offshoots feel entitled to a rating of one star.. Now that you have me talking.. the ex.. said.. they NEED somebody like you.. really? for what? fair question, I think..

:) I had an Oxford loose leaf bible. I know where I left it.. it had notes from every class I had attended. the rest of my way materials are "housed" at an offshoot leader's house. They think it some kind of treasure.. when I leave this evistence.. they will be exhumed.. so pathetic.. but both of my kids know how I feel..

so what does the storage advantage one.. I mean.. what is it. one is accustomed to a a slow, painful death vs. a slower, more painful death? I keep the batteries charged so I can tell your relatives how you are doing here, in face of natural or man-made disaster.. generally, the "health and welfare" information comes out of the effected area, not into it..

I have two deep cycle storage batteries. They would run the radios here on a full charge for a few months.. one of them would run a computer for a luxurious day and a half..

well.. who really needs running water.. sowie I'm so bad tonight.. can't help it..

As a hotel, and restaurant. Da way gets only one star here. maybe only a half.. no running water?

what I wonder is how they tried to induct those who never made the "agreement".. against their will. You know. "You heard da word.. you ARE salted.." pfal grad? Yes.. you are "salted". "da word like it has never, ever, ever ever been known.." etc. etc. Intermediate class. If you are "mature" you WILL come to the conclusion you owe your life to da ministry(?) that taught(?) you da word(?).."

I've probably posted this before..

The least they could do, is install a sink to wash one's self, after wards.. I don't know if anyone else has had a day like this.. but, if it were my last, I'd be satisfied..

not quite. It was far more subtle.. other gory details. They generally ended up using some kind of ceremony, involving chopping off the heads and burying their "critics", or those who would possibly expose their underbelly to the world.. any thoughts? I tried looking it up with a google search and such. no soap. they made it look as if the victims were really only being invited to a luau.. the diners on blood were very young.. after looking through a couple hundred descriptions of 70's horror films on the internet, I could look no further..

I'ts like "uncle howie" said. Nobody is "useless".. some provide a "place" for others to "relieve" themselves..

Morality might be the very reason I will die with lack of fame, and wealth.. maybe even unemployed and homeless.. there are some things, I would not do, no matter what the money promises.. sorry if this isn't the kind of reply that you might be looking for.. morality.. now that I've calmed down, and have a few serious thoughts.. maybe its a matter of one's morals owning oneself, and not the other way around..

I saw this in the seventies. It was a B movie, best I can tell. People invited to an exotic Island. The inhabitants lived off of their blood. at regular intervals, the sores on their necks would open and bleed.. but they had a hard time hiding the blood drawn, dried corpses. They would periodically wake up, and cause a small "ruckus" in "paradise".. anybody here have any clues? There were probably a hundred films like it.. call this insane curiousity..

so not only was he not a *doctor*.. he was a pervert. Just in case the second and third generation wienerville's can't spell that. It's P, E, R, V, E, R, T. devil possessed squirrels urinate on your inheritance.. well, or so YOU think. It doesn't take too many spurts to urinate on an abusive, self-entitled pervert's grave..