Hob's SemBlog

Notes, comments, thoughts on my studies at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
so my friends/family/supporters/whoever can keep tabs on my progress, and nag me to keep on top of things.

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Yay!

Got the word today that I passed (not wonderfully) my OT Survey test. Phew. Three more credits down.

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Thursday, September 15, 2005

Update on classes

Well, in the spirit of being better about keeping you informed, here's the summary of my progress this term:

WOW, there's a lot I'm supposed to know now that I just don't.

Hermeneutics is going well, pretty much. I'm pretty close to being up on my reading, only being slowed by taking the best notes I've ever taken while reading. If I push just a little more, I'll be in fine shape for the Mid-Term. This stuff is really interesting, and I'm loving the class. Particularly when Dr. Curto shows us how we are to apply this in the pulpit/other areas of ministry. The class discussions are very fascinating.

Greek...wow. When I'm doing the assignments, I feel almost adequate. And seem to be performing that way, too. Even when I'm off in my pronunciation or translation, I'm within spitting distance. But when I'm just sitting there trying to memorize paradigms, declensions, vocabulary, etc., I'm just overwhelmed. There's just so much I have to learn, and just don't seem to be able to store in the ol' noggin. Mid-Term in 2 weeks, guess we'll see then what actually sticks...

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Thursday, September 08, 2005

Minor victory over my own stupidity

I'm rusty when it comes to taking notes, I noticed that very early on last year. And over the 'net my classes are hard to hear, so I'd miss a lot. Naturally, that really bugged me. So last Spring I bought some software that would allow me to easily record the classes. About the same time, the professors never heard me during roll call, etc. My headset was pretty thrashed last year, and I was only using the microphone off of it anyway, didn't really think much of it. One other online student said I could only be heard a little bit by him, probably too quiet for the classroom.

Fast forward to this year, and I get into Dr. Dyer's class--and he actually involves us. My inability to be heard really is a hindrance (finally!) So I save up my pennies and get a new headset. I go into class very confidently on Tuesday.

And he still can't hear me.

Well, unless you're slower than me, you've already figured it out. It was my software that was causing the problem. After class on Tuesday, I spent less than 10 minutes playing with settings and got the stupid thing fixed. Today, Dr. Dyer and I actually conversed, I led the class in prayer, and was able to answer one question (so far).

Small victory, but very satisfactory.

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