Oh wow! If you do this, I hope you document it somewhere. It’d be cool to see and learn from your experiences! I’d definitely get inspired to try some new things.
You’re so sweet. Definitely a presence, but likely an obnoxious one!
It was wild! The Colorado cold didn’t hurt that year.
Unfortunately, this year I’ve only made time for cold showers, and while it does seem to have an affect on energy levels and mood (possibly metabolism), it doesn’t do a whole lot for cold tolerance. So the ice baths do seem the most effective for cold acclimation. When we get our ice maker fixed, I’ll get back into that.
If I went there, it’d be history. Specifically Native American history. Actually, that’s still way too broad, so it’d be Lakota (and surrounding peoples) history and/or the Indian civil rights era, which was heavily influenced by Lakota people.
But, I think it’s very likely that I will stay at my current hometown college in South Dakota. I’ll graduate with my BA in history this spring, and might just get a Master’s in Secondary Ed. Then I’ll be certified to teach in the state, which I think is what I might prefer.
I’ve had a lot of people encourage me to go to grad school and keep going with history, but I don’t think I want to be a college professor or spend my life in academia. I think I’d get a lot more fulfillment out of being at the high school level. Frustrating as I know it is much of the time, I’d be able to work with youth (specifically Native youth) and be a good male role model. I think I’ll be happier building relationships with my area’s young people and carrying on our heritage than I would working in academia. Pursuing knowledge and expertise in a field is cool but it doesn’t much for anyone but me. I want to use my abilities to serve others.
I figured you’d say that. And some of the teachers in my family have said the same. Maybe I’ll hate it and leave after a year.
I’m aware of what the job pays, and am fine with it. I’ve got bigger priorities than money. But a Master’s raises the salary a bit, and I have options for decent-paying jobs in the summer if I need more money.
Maybe I won’t love my time in classroom every day, but the opportunities I’ll have to work with kids through my connections in the school will bring happiness. It’s not an inner city school with psychos or a rich school with spoiled brats. I’m already having conversations with people at the school I’d be at, and we have plans for cultural groups, I’m working on getting certified to teach Lakota language classes, which there’s big need for, etc. It’s a certain environment/culture that I think is different from what is found at a lot of schools.
EDIT: Don’t know why I want to add this, but something we do is class hunts. The boys hunt deer, or maybe even buffalo, and the girls harvest the meat. Stuff like happens. Just to go along with the “different from other schools” point.
Teachers really don’t have summers off. A good part of that time away from the classroom will be spent creating your plans for the following school year.
I know. I grew up with my high school teacher grandma. I’ve given the decision some thought and have spoken to other teachers about it, who have made sure to point out the many negatives.
I haven’t looked into the translations but I can’t imagine it was acutely apples in Genesis. I don’t think apples even grew anywhere near the area. Now I need to figure out what that original fruit was… and why it got translated as apples.
Yeah I guess the apple thing is weird. Red Rubens are our current favorite. We picked a bunch of them along with Cosmic Crisp last weekend.
I’m growing and personally prefer asian pears. Some of the apple crispness with a bit more honeyed and malty flavors.
Don’t think any of the main translations ever say apple it’s always just referred to as fruit, think the apple has come from artist depictions over the years.
I do not know of any English translations which explicitly list the fruit as being an apple. However, there is a Christian tradition that the forbidden fruit is an apple. Here are couple of reasons for why the forbidden fruit has come to be symbolized as an apple:
In Greek mythology, Heracles was required to pick the golden applesfrom Tree of Life in the center of the Garden of the Hesperides.
de ligno autem scientiae boni et mali ne comedas
but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat
Here “mali” is the genitive of “malum” which means evil. However, “malum” can also mean apple. Hence, this pun may have been the starting point of the tradition that Adam and Eve ate apples.
In my opinion see it totally depends on your love and affection for your partner as you can sometimes compromise your comfort for your loved ones to make them happy.
@jshaving I can’t believe I haven’t shared my favorite history blog with you. I’ve never felt dumber reading anything this guy has written, and this particular blog post will probably reinforce your decision to stay away from academia.
It is generally a pretty good school. It is in Minneapolis, so that is what the campus life is like for most majors (it seems a lot of universities are in the middle of nowhere). What are you going for?
It does have 3 campuses, each have different feel to them. When I think of U of M, I think of East bank. That was where I mostly was. West bank feels less like a college campus IMO. Just more professional (a lot of the business stuff is over there). There is a St. Paul campus. Never had classes there, but I used their climbing wall a few times. That campus really doesn’t seem like a college campus.
I took a Native American literature class there. It was pretty good.
One of my best buddies has taught a couple of courses at Sinte Gleska.
