Tales from the dorm, among other things.

3-7-10:
First and foremost, I'd like to wish a Happy Birthday to all the people I know who've had birthday in the last two weeks and will have one in the next couple weeks. Seems like there have been quite a few of them. Happy birthday guys!

Anyway, some of you may have noticed that I missed blogging yesterday. Yeah, I did. So sue me. Even Greg Gutfeld takes a day or two every now and then, I'm sure.

Well, as is the custom on Sundays, I went to sunday school, church, and lunch. I must say, of the three, sunday school and lunch were the highlights of morning. As much respect as I have for our esteemed interim pastor (boy, I'm really treadin' some thin ice here, boys and girls), I really miss our former pastor and wish they would find a new pastor for the church. Today's sermon was about God's intended order for the Church. I'm still trying to figure out how the Lord's supper, hair length, and speaking in tongues fit together.

Which brings me to a question which I discussed with some friends over lunch. What is the acceptable hair length for men and women? The general consensus we reached around the lunch table was that it depened on personal preferences. I'm sure there are those out there who will disagree and say that men MUST have short hair and women MUST have long hair.

I can dig that, but there again, that, in my mind, goes back to personal preferences. My reasoning for this is that, to my knowledge, the Bible does not prescribe a set length for a person's hair. For my part, I see nothing wrong with a man having longer hair or a woman having short hair. However, I also think that there are extremes on each end. Guys, I'm just gonna come out and say it, your hair really shouldn't reach down to your butts without really good reason (i.e. being trapped on an uncharted island for 24 years). Ladies, if you wanna go with the Annie Lennox or Jamie Lee Curtis look, go for it. Personally, I think on some girls it looks cute. However, I believe that most guys (myself included) think the "G.I. Jane" or "Breakdown Britney" looks are a little much without really good reason.

So what's fair with hair? I honestly don't know. Me, I personally prefer a little bit longer 'do because I have cowlicks like you wouldn't believe. Ultimately, I think this is a personal issue and should be handled as such. Unless, of course, the place where you work or attend school has rules about hair. In such cases, you gotta dance to whatever tune "The Man" is playin'. Can you dig it? I knew you could.

Wow, that was really hippyish of me. On that admittedly odd note, I must needs go do homework. My instructional methods textbook isn't going to read itself. But wouldn't that be nice?

Your humble correspondent,
C.

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3-5-10: Part Two.
Hope everybody who read it enjoyed The "Say What?" Report. Now for something completely different. Just a few minutes ago, I passed the last actual White Glove Inspection of my college career.

What is White Glove? In brief, it's the bane of pretty much every PCCer's existence. In long (I don't know if that's correct, but I'll proceed as though it is), it's a mid-semester cleanup day for the dorms. During these cleanups, pretty much the entire room is dusted and cleaned. After that, the floor leaders come through and check the rooms to make sure they're clean enough. If they're not, the unlucky student gets to go back and clean what got missed.

Actually it's not that bad, especially if you keep your room relatively clean anyway. However, I have seen rooms that have looked like Manhattan after the "Cloverfield" incident. Complete with the giant monster lice. Yeah, I know, ew.

Anyway, at the moment there has suddenly gone from being two guys in here to being eight guys. Lucky me. It's too late for this. At eleven o'clock, things should be winding done. At least most nights, anyway. I've done some late nights myself, so I can't say every night.

Well, guess I'll go hide out in the office.
Until later...
Your Humble Correspondent,
C.



3-5-10: Part One.
Hello again, dear readers. 'Tis I, your humble correspondent, back with the first part of today's entry. Today I have a new feature to introduce, The "Say What?" Report. This special, admittedly usually on-the-spot report covers those news items that evoke a response of "Say what?" from normal people.

Today's item comes directly from Foxnews.com. You have to see it to really appreciate it...

"Michigan 6-Year-Old Suspended From School for Making Gun With Hand"
Friday, March 05, 2010
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A Michigan boy reportedly has been suspended from school for curling his hand into the shape of a gun and pointing it at another student.

Erin Jammer, said her son, Mason, was just playing around when he made the gesture Wednesday, the Grand Rapids Press reported.

But officials at Jefferson Elementary School said the behavior made other students uncomfortable, and they suspended Mason for the remainder of the week, the paper reported.

School officials also told the paper that Mason had been warned repeatedly against pretending to aim his hand at students but continued the behavior over several months.

Jammer told the paper her son isn't violent and doesn’t have toy guns at home. She suggested a less harsh punishment, like taking Mason’s recess away, might be more effective in teaching him not to make a gun with his hand.

"He's only six and he doesn't understand any of this," she said."
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Yeah, I'm kinda having a hard time fathoming this one myself. Have we really gotten so paranoid about school safety that we've let zero become not only our tolerance level for such things, but also our I.Q. level and the amount of common sense we use? I guess things have changed since the 90s when I was kid, but had a kid in my class whined to the teacher that he or she was made "uncomfortable" by something another kid was doing, there usually followed one of two results. Either the teacher would see that whatever the other kid was doing was, in fact, wrong, and tell them to quit, or look at what the other kid was doing, see it was really no big deal, and kindly tell the whiny kid to go play somewhere else if it was that big a deal. Let's settle playground disputes on the playground, folks.

Don't miss understand me, I know all about the Columbine and Virginia Tech incidents. As a matter of fact, I was sitting in my second semester World History class when I found out about what happened in Virginia. God forbid something like that happen again. But really, I have a hard time equating a 6 six year old to Eric Harris.

Taking a minute to play for the other team here, I can almost see (think legally blind) some of the reasoning behind this. Apparently this is not the first time Mason has had a run in with the law, having been warned about this behavior before. But this kid is in Kindergarten or First grade, so he's still developing socially, and will be for a LONG time. Yeah, I can see where he needs to be made to understand that if little Susie doesn't want to play cowboys and indians, he needs to leave her alone or play something else. But suspending a six year old? For making a gun with his hand? Please. What kid hasn't done that at least once?

The fact of the matter is, boys will be boys. Furthermore, kids will be kids. And honestly, I'm worried that anymore they aren't allowed to be. People anymore are so worried about every part of every kid being just so that they're afraid of deviation. I guess it's a good thing I grew up when I did, because some of my drawings in school would have gotten me an appointment with the guidance counselor today.

I'm seeing a trend that disturbs me. Children, not delinquents in training, mind you, but good kids, are being suspended and, in some cases, expelled for doing something like drawing a gun in class, or as in the article, making a gun shape with their hands. Now if a kid is making death threats to his classmates, DEFINITELY check that out. But suspending a kid for drawing a gun? Really? I say we abandon "Zero Tolerance" in favor of "Common Sense and Coherent Reasoning".

Your humble Correspondent,
C.



3-4-10
Hello out there in internet land! Welcome to Tales from the Dorm. Since this is the very first edition, I would like to say that I have some very interesting and stimulating things to say. But I can't. You see, unlike Perez Hilton, and those folks at NBC and the Daily Kos, I don't have all day to sit around thinking of new ways to be mean and unfair to people. I know, terrible isn't it?

Having said that, I guess it would be probably be best to offer a little info about myself. I am a college student at Pensacola Christian college, and will be graduating in May with my B.A. in History. Further, I am a conservative Christian who, as our beloved furher says, clings to my guns and religion. Except for the fact that I don't own a gun and I don't have religion. I have faith in God and the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm still working on the gun part.

Right now I am writing from the bottom of men's stairtower at the south end of the Coberly Residence Hall. For all intents and purposes, this is my office. Glamourous to the max, y'all. It might not be much, but it's quiet. Unlike my room, which seldom is. Ah well, such is life. Speaking of life, I need to take care of a couple things in mine, so farewell for the time being.

Your humble correspondent,
C.