Archive for April, 2006

my grade

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 324 words

In order to receive An A, I would have had to do extremely well in this class that I don’t believe i have. I completed all the blogs but cannot say that i maximized my potential. I completed the blogs late due to my procrastination but I do not believe i deserve to fail the [...]

Reflection

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 278 words

Admitting the problem is the first step. So here goes…I’m addicted to procrastination. In fact, Iam a functional procratinator. There’s nothing more appealing to me to than putting something off that i could have been acomplished. In my opinion, this class is a procrastinator’s worst nightmare because there is so much work. That’s what [...]

R-L-D week 8

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 305 words

The word prophet can be defined as meaning “to speak on behalf of another”. Biblical prophets were called on by God to be messengers even if they were relcutant to do so. They had no specific background. They could be young, old, rich,or poor or evenwomen. They were extremely diverse because God needs array of [...]

Dissapointing results

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 102 words

I have heard from schools who I have talked to. Most of them say that while my project has a noble cause, their main focus is reviving the city and its people, and right now there is too much work on their plate. I think that this could be an uplifting thing for [...]

Uh oh!

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 63 words

I’m having problems getting to schools and finding teachers who hae the energy to teach more than what’s required of them. I can understand the way they feel because both if my aunts and grandmothers are teachers and they do get very tired. It is a hard and ungratifying job. I [...]

week 5 responses

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 142 words

I’m glad that mostly everyone liked my project idea. Many of your ideas are helpful and encouraging. There are very few schools that are open and it may be hard to get to any. I plan to go to elementary schools and maybe middle schools. History should be heavily taught in [...]

Finally!

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 212 words

This class was especially hard for me. I think that if I would have taken it my sophomore year, it would have been easier. I think that even though this class had no test or quizzes, it was harder than calulus. The best part of this class were the discussions where people [...]

Week 14 “My Grade”

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 92 words

I don’t believe that I deserve a good grade in this class. I only want to pass. I am being honest because I don’t want people to think that I worked as hard as I could have because I didn’t. If I were to give myself a grade, it would be between [...]

week 13 readings

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 609 words

Josephus tells the story behind the Essenes. The Essenes at Qumran were a group of people that decided to shun all pleasures and things that may have been considered to be unholy in order to become closer to God. The Essenes have pledged to follow God and all his rules—especially the Mosaic Covenant. They have [...]

week 12 readings

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 524 words

Paul’s main message in his latter life was to spread Christianity. After a close encounter with the Messiah, Jesus Christ, Paul feels that it is his lifelong duty to entice people to convert to Christianity. The efforts of Paul to spread Christianity were the result of a complete transformation. He began thinking that following Jesus [...]

week 11 readings

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 663 words

Jesus was arrested for overturning the tables of the money changers. The money tables were in the temple, and it was a place where people would go to sell their coins that were engraved with faces in exchange for a plain coin. The money could be used to purchase sacrifices for the church. The people [...]

week 10 readings

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 403 words

The Kingdom of God is a term that has been derived from two different interpretations of promises made by God. These two interpretations include the views of the Jewish and of the Christians. The Old Testament refers to the Kingdom of God as the land that was promised to David. The terms of the Davidic [...]

week 8 readngs

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 502 words

In this week’s readings, we learned about the ancient prophets of the Bible. The people chosen to be prophets came from many different backgrounds. There were rich prophets, poor prophets, men, women, and skilled prophets. There was no discrimination by God when a person was chosen to be a prophet because his messages would [...]

The Kingdom Of God on Xavier Campus

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 821 words

The Kingdom of God is God’s reign on his people and his people being instruments for his work, having faith, and obedience. The Kingdom of God has existed through out ages sometimes it can go unrecognized by people due to their busy lives. In addition, the Kingdom of God will never fully be restored until [...]

WWJD….WEEK 11

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 645 words

Unfortunately I posted late so I do not have any responses.
Jesus was arrested for disturbing the peace at a church. The church was making money by trading coins with faces on them for plain coins. Jesus felt the church was being misused for a flea market instead a place for worship and [...]

R-L-D week 9

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 668 words

I have posted abuout the implemption of my project under another heading but to sum it all up again. The implememtion of my project has been tied up to the fact that I’ve been volunteering at a hospice dealing with those who are in the last stages of death because of this painful disease. [...]

Week 3

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 304 words

The project is basically restoring electricity to the Greater New Orleans area. I work under my Uncle Peter who is a licensed Electrician. There are also five other people that works for my uncle to help restore electricity to flooded homes. While many people price gouge by charging customers four to five dollars per square [...]

How about that counter-culture? (Week 10)

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 700 words

The Kingdom of God has a different interpretation for each religion. Jewish believe that god will return to bring Israel and rule over them. This was a covenant promised between David and God. Christians believe the Kingdom of God to be a time when people will go to be reborn and carry [...]

Week 09: My Project

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 142 words

Hallelujah. I hope I’m not being blasphemous but I am a little bit relieved. I have finally found an organization. The organization is Feed the Children. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, non-profit relief organization with a mission to deliver food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack [...]

Week 2

Thursday, April 20th, 2006: 1579 words

Drugs
Out of all the problems facing the world today, drugs has to be one of the biggest. There are many different types of drugs, such as narcotic, hallucinogens, anti-depressants, but they have one purpose. That purpose is to bring the user to an alternative state of mind which he has no control or memory over. [...]