Captain's Log, Star Date 09082008

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . God decided to have some fun and created the Earth.

And thus mankind was established, as well as the fact that God has a sense of humor. Why, you might ask? Because as a result of His actions I came to exist.

Some of you Atheists may be saying at this point my parents created me or there's no proof that God exists. I would debate that, but I figure the best test is to see for ourselves after we die. Don't be in a hurry to finish that test though.

Since my wife and I already have a perfectly good blog, you may wonder why I bother creating a new one. Suffice to say it's a requirement (and a darn good one) from a class I am taking at UVU (which I have declided should be pronounced "ooo--voo"). The first segment you just read was my made-up answer to the teacher's question "Why are you here?" Now for the real answer, which I guess has to apply to the Class that I'm taking, Educational Psychology.

I feel it is proper, for an education course, to test the teacher who will be testing me (Karma's a bummer, ain't it). So, for this question and all the rest, this blog posting will have my answers in the form of multiple choice. I was going to do True/False, but I didn't want my teacher to have it too easy.

*Why Are you Here?
(A) To Learn Some Necessary Tools/Practices for My Chosen Profession of Teaching
(B) D-uh! It's a Required Course
(C) I'm Trying to Find Creative Ways of Passing Time
(D) All of the Above

*What Motivates You?
(A) Cookies
(B) Fame, Fortune, Women
(C) A Personal Feeling of Fulfillment from having achieved a goal.
(D) All of the above. . . and free stuff

*Why Do You Succeed?
(A) Because I tried really, really, really, really hard.
(B) There was a girl I wanted to impress
(C) I like to see what my best measures up to be.
(D) All of the above (especially B)

*Why Do You Fail?
(A) Because I didn't do my best and everyone else is out to get me.
(B) The Girl I wanted to impress started going out with another guy.
(C) I failed because how else am I supposed to learn?
(D) All of the above (and the government)

*How Does Your Motivation and Perspective Need to Change For You to Succeed in this Program and Become a Great!!! Teacher?
(A) Umm, it just does?
(B) 1812
(C) Well, I'm not Perfect, and unless I learn how to read minds I'm not going to be able to tell what exactly the students are thinking. Even if I do establish some psychic power, I'm not going to be any closer to knowing what the student needs to do in order to learn. That being said I need to forget everything I think I know and brace myself to learn and apply things that may never have occurred to me or that i was just too slow to realize in the first place. As for Greatness, whose scale are we grading that by? If it's mine, then, to quote Muhammad Ali, "I AM THE GREATEST!" If it's someone else's, they need to adjust their grading scale to reflect the previous statement.
(D) All of the above (But I'm leaning towards "C")