Posted in Literature/Books on Nov 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »
Last week, I redeemed an electronic gift certificate to audible.com and bought a short-fiction collection, which I am listening to as I commute.
The stories remind me of last semester, the first semester that I taught an introductory college literature course: En 103 Composition and Literature. I assigned eleven short stories in this order.
Appointment with [...]
Posted in Education on Oct 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
I hear now and then about a Christian who has chosen a life verse. It is a verse that serves as a brief statement of his or her life purpose. In the chapel service on campus today, Matt Herbster shared Psalm 78:4, 6-7, which are verses that he has claimed as driving his purpose [...]
Posted in Writing on Sep 16th, 2008 No Comments »
By running the Flesh-Kincaid Readability Test, Microsoft Word allows users to identify how readable their writing is. Apparently, the Flesh-Kincaid Reading Grade Level uses a formula that is based on the average number of syllables in each word and the average length of the sentences.
When I learned about this feature, my first thought was [...]
