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Reduced to a teachable form
Aristotle’s Ethics begins with the following, Every art, and every science reduced to a teachable form, and in like manner every action and moral choice, aims, it is thought, at some good: for which...
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Do we really want to be hiring Narcissists?
As part of my doctoral research in techno-ethics, I am in a running dialog with some excellent students involved in PhoenixConnect’s Information Systems and Technology Community. PhoenixConnect is the...
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Too poor to pay attention
People are often too poor to pay attention. When I was in the Army, a chaplain friend of mine told me a story of how he checked to see if people were really paying attention. In the Gospel Church...
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Language versus literature
Language becomes literature when the focus shifts from what it says to what it means. Filed under: Education, Grammar, Language, Linguistics, Philosophy, Sayings, Teaching, Things that truly matter...
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Festina lente
I’m an analyst by trade and temperament. Sometimes I catch things quickly. There are more times when I don’t. When I am working with a customer, and the customer’s expectations are unclear to me, I...
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University of Phoenix
I am a four classes away from finishing my Master of Information Systems degree at University of Phoenix. It has been made known to me that there are some who doubt the value of an online education at...
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Learning for a lifetime
The lessons that are the hardest to learn are also those that last the longest. Filed under: Education, Philosophy, Teaching Tagged: experience, hard knocks, learning, lessons, teaching, training
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The level of exposure
Correction is necessary at the level of exposure. The same holds true for confession and forgiveness. Filed under: Christianity, Education, Ethics, Ethics, Faith, Philosophy, Sayings, Teaching Tagged:...
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An open letter to Senator Tom Harkin
Senator Harkin: I am a three classes away from finishing my Master of Information Systems degree at University of Phoenix. I understand that you have serious doubts about the value of an online...
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Never give in
Sir Winston Churchill was a gifted orator. He has been credited for giving one of the most terse and powerful speeches in recent history. The quotation is typically written like this: Never give in....
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A Second Open Letter to Sen. Tom Harkin
On September 24, 2012, I posted the following letter to Senator Tom Harkin’s Senate Web page. ________________________________________________________________________ Senator Harkin: As a veteran and...
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If you want to say, “I told you so”
I am inviting anybody in the United States that held a different opinion than mine about our newly re-elected president to say, “I told you so” to me when any of the following happen: The national debt...
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Student vs. scholar
I am sitting just a few months shy of my second Master’s. Three weeks after I get that, I undertake a second opportunity to get a doctorate, only this time at age 50 instead of age 32. In one of the...
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My First Teaching Job
I just secured my first online teaching job. I’m partnering with TutorUniverse (http:/www.tutoruniverse.com) to provide tutoring at primary, secondary, college, and adult education levels. The areas...
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Fight for a Change
I believe that we have forgotten how to fight in this country. The further we get from the fighters of the 1950′s and 1960′s such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the further we get from fighting that...
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The Sum of Knowledge
The sum of knowledge can be seen in this: we are taught, we express what we think we have learned, our errors are corrected, and we learn more by doing better. Filed under: Education, Philosophy,...
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The Apprehension of Knowledge
The apprehension of knowledge that comes in the midst of great travail is often the most cherished. Filed under: Education, Learning, Philosophy, Sayings, Teaching
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The repository of all knowledge…
A student in one of my introductory computer applications classes asked how she could learn more advanced functionality in the Microsoft Office while continuing to deal with working and going to...
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An Independence Day Letter to my Students
I am privileged to be an adjunct professor for Everest College. The opportunity to touch the lives of hundreds of students is something I greatly relish. On Independence Day, 2014, I wrote the...
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A not so chance encounter
I had a wonderful discussion with a man from Rwanda that I met in the parking lot at the FDA where I am serving as a senior business systems analyst. While my French is atrocious, I could see that the...
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