Another semester is over
Well, I just administered the objective part of my English class’s exit exam. My students are much weaker on the objective part than they are on the subjective part. My students, are so-so grammarians, in my opinion. They are wonderful writers. However, they surprised even me with their grammar skills. You see, I don’t teach very much grammar in my class. I teach writing. And all they do is write…all the time. But on the Florida College Basic Skills Exit Test (objective grammar test), they had a 100% pass ratio. Three of them had perfect scores. Six of them scored about a 95. I mean, wow. I am impressed. They’ve worked so hard, and they’ve come so far, especially for a remedial class. Only 14 survived of the 24 that started. But I told them that at the beginning of the semester, if they passed my class, they would be successful writers. Most of them have scored high enough to CLEP out of the next class. They’re skipping a level. Yay! I dunno, I just feel really excited about that. And one student, who I thought never wanted to be in my class, told me she thought I was the best teacher she ever had and that she learned more from my class than she had learned in all her previous classes combined. This was after everything was over and I had no say in her final grade. *dances*

I am so glad finals are tomorrow
Because if I have one more person ask me “Can I help you?” when I walk into my office or the teacher’s lounge, I am just going to beat them mercilessly.

I know she’s still here
But it just seems like Emeth is gone.

Giggle

What colour of Skittle are you?

Meals and Individualism

So, when everyone else is busy doing their own thing this morning and I pour myself a bowl of cereal to eat, alone, just as fuel and nothing more, I wonder why I’ve often wondered why so many Christians downplay the importance of the Lord’s Supper. This is aside from the fact that the importance of feeding off the Lord through the means of communion has been pushed aside and ignored – “We don’t need communion for salvation… all we need is Jesus!” But isn’t that the point exactly? Communion is necessary in the continuing of our salvation because abiding in Christ is necessary. That’s not the thought I had running through my mind, though. I was thinking merely of the fellowshipping aspect of communion – with the brethren and with our Lord. So many Christian families don’t practice this pattern throughout the week. We eat out of physical necessity. But meals are supposed to be times of unity and fellowship. Feasting is celebration. Feasting is joy. Feasting is thanking God for His blessings – and it’s supposed to be done corporately. Shouldn’t we imitate the pattern that God has given us in worship? Or does the Lord’s supper have absolutely no connection with all the suppers we eat throughout our lives? Isn’t life worship? Just a thought.

What Colour Skittle Are You?

What colour of Skittle are you?

A Colleague
“You have such a baby face.” *giggle*
ARGH

Everyone is talking about snow
I wore shorts yesterday.

Speaking of Red Pentecosts
When I went to the ELCA Advent service last night, I noticed that they wearing blue. I asked the minister about it after the service, and he said that many ELCA churches now wear blue (the color of hope) instead of purple. All four candles on the wreath were blue. I’ve never seen blue used in liturgy. Umm…it was a pretty color blue too…went well with the carpet.

Speaking of Palm Sunday
I really miss palms.