Part Three: Should I Attend Grad School? Or What was I thinking? What counsel would I give someone who is considering grad school? First, think about it in terms of vocation. If your vocation, or expanding your vocation requires you to attend grad school, then I think it is definitely something that should be considered. There are some vocations which by their very nature require more education or advanced degrees. While it might seem like these are artificial constraints which are intended to keep people out of … [Read more...] about Returning to Graduate School – Thoughts by Michael Stell (3)
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With Thanksgiving
Since you may rightly choose not to swing by the blog tomorrow, here's an advance post. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. -- Philippians 4:6. On Tuesday, a student shared with the Christian Medical Society (CMS)/CMDA at Penn State College of Medicine the encouragement to read the whole verse, i.e., do not stop at [d]o not be anxious about anything, but be encouraged in every situation, by prayer and petition, with … [Read more...] about With Thanksgiving
Who is in your class?
Would you agree with my idealistic enthusiasm for My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student, the story of a professor of anthropology at a large state university who realized that she no longer understood the behavior and attitudes of her students and returned to the classroom? And my uneasiness when reading that some "Online Professors Pose as Students to Encourage Real Learning" (Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/29/09), in the class which they're teaching? Can you offer testimonies, … [Read more...] about Who is in your class?