MSK asked:
Have you thought about putting links to your papers on the website so that we could see the assignment, how you responded, and hear what the instructor/class mates thought?
I have a couple of responses.
First, "Blogspot" does not readily offer (to my knowledge) the ability to upload my papers, so I would first need another site to upload my document to which I could then link to here. That is only, albeit easily solve able, issue I would have with the mass posting.
The second thought is that of value. Many of my assignments assume background knowledge of class discussions and readings thus my professors and classmates will have a collective knowledge base that I would imagine no one else (even seminary students or graduates) who are not enrolled would not share. That being said, I don't know of the value that their comments, or sometimes even my papers (as written for the teacher) would provide.
I guess i'm wondering if there is an alternative. I can easily post the questions posed for my papers, and am more than willing to write my understandable (read: without footnotes and supporting quotes) versions of my answers.
It isn't that I don't want to post my papers as much as they are not great for discussion of a topic. I would much rather give my opinion and invite others to give theirs.
What do people think?
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
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wait.........so you are telling us--that seminary language and content can not be transfered into the real world? Weird.....
That might be a little more blunt than I would put it. But something along those lines.
The conversations and papers by no means take place in everyday language.
I don't necessarily think this is bad. I wouldn't want someone training to be a doctor to always talk about things everyone might understand either.
That doesn't mean I don't want them to explain their thoughts on medical things to me though. I just wouldn't wanted it presented in the way that they need to learn it to be most effective.
So, is there a way to "simplify" for laymen, some interesting topics, not necessarily obscure topics, that might generate some discussion. At the same time, maybe I was being too optimistic about some topics being useful for general discussions. I can understand why the merits of "The Golden Mean" in architectural layouts, may not be of interest to the general public.
sorry sometimes I get a little too sarcastic about the seminary classroom.
There is plenty of way to "simplify" topics for discussion.
I'll pick a couple of topics to post and see what kind of discussion ensues.
Jeremy, trust me, I read your sarcasm loud and clear. But you are also one who has been through Seminary and understands the language well. I just wanted to clarify for everyone else why my verbatim papers might not be so helpful. Shouldn't you be playing with a cat or something?
cats have gone to bed. It is daddy's play time now.
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