tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post3942497662704041886..comments2023-07-04T10:10:25.205-04:00Comments on Apologia: Behaving badly - advice from the youngWilliam Lusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-40492302533062626532007-10-29T02:55:00.000-04:002007-10-29T02:55:00.000-04:00I don't like anonymous comments.I don't like anonymous comments.William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-14269611289762895512007-10-01T15:26:00.000-04:002007-10-01T15:26:00.000-04:00As for her advice, I simply don't believe it. Wom...As for her advice, I simply don't believe it. Women want from a man the following: a man. That is, someone confident, sure of himself, valuable to others and valuing himself, someone with a bit of danger and adventure, and also someone who has a sense of honor. Everything else is window-dressing. <BR/><BR/>You don't ask the fish why it bit the worm. You ask the fisherman who catches a lot of fish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-6964154841162854022007-09-27T00:57:00.000-04:002007-09-27T00:57:00.000-04:00Good Lord. How do you _not_ lose your marblesThese...<I>Good Lord. How do you _not_ lose your marbles</I><BR/><BR/>These are not things you lose all at once. You drop them a few at a time. I thought I heard something rattling around up there the other day, so I asked my wife to check, and she heard it too, but said there was also an echo that hadn't been there before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-53649467862877043972007-09-26T23:46:00.000-04:002007-09-26T23:46:00.000-04:00Oh, the humanity! (Of course, you're ready should...Oh, the humanity! <BR/><BR/>(Of course, you're ready should a replacement for Helen Gurley Brown be needed...)Ellynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553189251750677842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-65851565927155605392007-09-26T21:52:00.000-04:002007-09-26T21:52:00.000-04:00Good Lord. How do you _not_ lose your marbles, Bil...Good Lord. How do you _not_ lose your marbles, Bill?Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-3111159217254372142007-09-25T14:47:00.000-04:002007-09-25T14:47:00.000-04:00Their moms must be so proud of the fine young ladi...Their moms must be so proud of the fine young ladies they have raised.<BR/><BR/>I have no idea how you do it, Bill. Lord of the flies, chick style, and without all the trouble of becoming stranded on an actual island. It is all an island now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-59287659533200199232007-09-25T07:36:00.000-04:002007-09-25T07:36:00.000-04:00P.S. If they can't write clearly and persuasively ...P.S. If they can't write clearly and persuasively to people who share their Christian perspective, how will they *ever* do so to the secular world? I dread the next assignment, which asks them to do just that . . .Beth Impsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560137034653905618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-2689529331159690962007-09-25T07:34:00.000-04:002007-09-25T07:34:00.000-04:00One does, to a certain extent, get what one asks f...One does, to a certain extent, get what one asks for . . . :-) Which is why certain topics are absolutely forbidden in my classes. In this conservative Christian environment, I don't have to be concerned with lesbian date essays, but I never allow anyone to write any version whatsoever of "How I Got Saved" . . . or "What Love Is" . . .<BR/><BR/>Just finished freshman conferences; essay topic was "persuade your peers at this Christian college to pursue an ideal [such as purity, service, integrity]." All the right sentiments, but oh, my, if this is the generation that's going to rule the world someday -- sometimes I think the lesbian date folk may be better at it than the Christians who can't clearly articulate a simple *pragmatic* argument for not cheating on tests, much less a slightly more complex *moral* one . . . They can't even proof-text their ideas from Scripture in any remotely convincing fashion!<BR/><BR/>Have you noticed an increase in your students going to quotation sites, finding some random quotation that contains a key word of the assignment, and using it to "support" their assertions? One more item to go on the "don't do this" lists!<BR/><BR/>BethBeth Impsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560137034653905618noreply@blogger.com