Fall 2009 Final Grades

ENG 112 – A
ACA 111 – B
SPA 111 – B, A?

the following are my essays completed this semester in English, if you care to read them.
Classical Final
Toulmin Final
Rogerian Group Essay
Rosewood Final
Bussing Final
Eng 112 Final Essay

next semester:
SPI -111 Cultural & Ethical Issues
SPA-182 Spanish Lab 2
SPA-181 Spanish Lab 1
SPA-112 Elementary Spanish II
PHI -210 History of Philosophy
ECO-252 Principles of Macroeconomics

current GPA: pending

to be teachable

teach·a·ble (tch-bl) adj.
1. Able and willing to learn
2. Ready and willing to be taught

today i was completing my tentative schedule before advising for the Spring 2010 semester. most of the classes that i was wanting to take were on Mon/Wed and with my mother watching tyy, i am needing to take Tue/Thurs classes. So i have very constructively found classes that would meet a Tues/Thurs schedule and felt successful in having done so. One of the classes that was already available on t/th though, was my Spanish 112 class. HOWEVER, when i went back to get all of the section and course# information, i realized that the Spa 112 class was not by the same instructor that i have this semester.

to some people, this may not be an issue – but i wanted to have the same instructor for many reasons and was more than disappointed to look at what i thought was a successful schedule and realize that it was not. — one of the last jobs that i had, i received an incredible commendation from my boss in regards to my teachability that meant a lot to me. and those words(because im exhortation) really helped to reinforce the value of maintaining that teachable attitude. so here i am, being grumpy because i cant have the instructor i would like to have for a course. but i realized something tonight,… being able to be taught and learn from someone who you may not choose to have as your “instructor” is part of being teachable. im sure i could go on, with a very meaningful analogy on this matter,… but ill leave it to you instead. be willing to learn. be open to being instructed. im done.

Strength and honor are her clothing

oh, hello :)

i really want to blog. in fact so that my mind has felt like a clutterhouse of blogging topics. although since i have other priorities, i have had to push all of these wonderfully proposed blogs into a corner in my mind so that my thoughts can have free reign. maybe one day we will rummage through them again, but for now.. i will give you the most condensed version of what it is that i want to say, cross my fingers, and hope it makes sense :)

i have a friend.
yes thats right, and i saw her sing this past saturday night. it made my heart happy. she has such a beautiful voice.

i have another friend :) ill tell you more about that one day.

did you know that God created you(us) with this desire in our heart to know Him? even if you dont know it, that desire is still inside of you waiting to be cultivated. lately i have been desiring that intimacy with this… Creator of my heart.

God looks at me and views me as valuable. thats such a HUGE thing for me to wrap my head around. kind of like heaven. one of those things that you just cant see with these eyes. analogies dont even suffice.

i have a lot more to say, but… i think im done for now.

oh yes, and also: school has been going well… apparently the entire week 1, 2, which week are we on now? thing didnt work out. i didnt pursue it. the point is that school is going really well, and my head is into this spanish thing. in case i didnt mention it before, one concern i have had is that i wasnt feeling connected to spanish in the same manner that i always have felt to french, but i am noticing that is surely not the case anymore, not to mention i have an averaged 102 in the class so far :) which is cool.

Strength and honor are her clothing