The summer before ninth grade was one of the watersheds of our education. It was the summer that Van Page died. In fact, our ninth grade yearbook was dedicated in memory of Van, a reminder of service to Christ, that it wouldn't always be hard. From what I understood at the time, Van died … Continue reading Journey to a High School Reunion — 9th Grade
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Book Club Book makes it into Master’s Class Paper
Today the Avondale United Methodist Church Book Club discussed Paul Collins' The Murder of the Century, a story of a grisly murder in 1897 New York City. It was generally agreed by the group to be a good read. What I didn't mention in the discussion, is that I used the book in a … Continue reading Book Club Book makes it into Master’s Class Paper
Journey to a High School Reunion — 8th Grade
As I recall from our TTBHS years, 8th grade was always the year that the staff found the various classes the hardest to handle. I don't remember the full theory behind that fact. What I do remember (whether correct or not), is that our class didn't end up with that wild streak that most other … Continue reading Journey to a High School Reunion — 8th Grade
Journey to a High School Reunion — Seventh Grade
Our 7th grade yearbook was dedicated to Miss Oldroyd. It mentions that she had been at the school for 5 years. If my math is correct that means she started the same year the Lightfoots came to HCS. Miss Oldroyd is still there, and we might get a chance to see her and thank her … Continue reading Journey to a High School Reunion — Seventh Grade
Selective Theory
As the final class for my communication master's degree I will have to do a master's thesis or master's project. Some people in my current classes are already talking about different ideas, and the professor is encouraging people to focus early. I haven't found anything specific I want to focus on. Then yesterday I had … Continue reading Selective Theory
Lop-Sided examples
I have an 8-10 page research paper due for my communications class. It is due in 5 weeks. The proposal was due tonight. I just turned it in. I'm not going to talk about the topic of the paper here. What I am going to talk about is something that came up as I was … Continue reading Lop-Sided examples
Thoughts on Digital Nation
Note: This is a write-up I did for my communications class. We were to watch a 90-minute video done by PBS, Digital Nation, then find one point in it to make a counter-argument for. This is what I pulled together. In some of her interview during the Digital Nation broadcast, Turkle made the comment … Continue reading Thoughts on Digital Nation
Journey to a High School Reunion — Sixth Grade
Sixth Grade -- By this time we were split between TTBHS and HCS. So our Sixth Grade year we were the top class, the graduating class. I don't remember a lot about it, but our old school buildings, which were actually the Horseheads First Baptist Church, underwent a lot of changes once the high … Continue reading Journey to a High School Reunion — Sixth Grade
Riding the Human Wave
Note: This is the academic paper I wrote for my Master's level writing class. Apologies for it being a bit dry -- the professor insisted certain things had to be taken out to make it sound more "academic." Riding The Human Wave Jonathan R. Lightfoot Gonzaga University Riding The Human Wave This … Continue reading Riding the Human Wave
Keeping the Baby But Dumping the Bathwater
I am getting a lot of good reading from the varied books of my communications courses. But every so often something just pops out at me. I sit there bewildered, wondering if the writer really said that, did they really use that example, to mean what they intended, expecting everyone just to agree with it, … Continue reading Keeping the Baby But Dumping the Bathwater
At The Rainbow 