Caleb's Blog Journal

greets,


OK, let's see - this week has been one of the first in a while that I am not working either Friday or Saturday. We've had snow, rain, and heavy frost all on this week.




Progress on my cross-stitch project: (blue - stitches I've done, red - not done)




Prayer Request:

Found out yesterday, that my Grandmother (Dad's mom) was diagnosed with Breast Cancer - to add to that this is the same cancer her younger sister died of this year - so please pray that chemo and further surgery will completely get rid of it.

Football kids this Thursday - it would so cool if one of them got saved this week

Hello all,

Mathematics For All (1963) by R. Wesley - saying that he had a few contributors as follows:

G. C. T. Bowen, B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science)
A. G. G. Richards, B.Sc.
I. R. Vesselo, M.Ed. (Masters of Education), B.Sc.
R. W. Webster, M.A. (CANTAB. - which I think is referring to a member of the University of Cambridge)
R. Wesley, B.Sc.

A book I especially like because it gives numerous examples of application (which without - I think math is nearly worthless for the average person)



Rousseau - Émile, or Education (1969) - considered by Rousseau (according to Wikipedia) to be the “best and most important of all my writings”. On its first appearance in 1762 it was publicly burned.

Technically it's five books in one, but this book I do not intend to burn. I have found some of his logic in it valid, but it being one of Rousseau I will be taking it with a pinch of salt...










Aristotle - Politics The Athenian Constitution (1959?)

read about 1/3 and decided would be better to read it in parts at a time to understand it more fully etc...










teach yourself home education (2009) by Deborah Durbin

saw this at the library and thought I would update myself on the benefits and minuses of homeschooling and some of its technicalities













Some of you may know I'm looking into teacher - so something else I wanted to read up on that I found from the library -

What Every Teacher Should Know About - The Profession and Politics of Teaching by Donna Walker Tileston, Ed. D (Doctor of Education degree) - pretty good book













Prayer Requests:

I would like you to pray for a friend Michelle. She needs a job, suitable for her, as jobs are hard to get these days.

Janet Frew - an 88 yr old lady I visit every other week - pray that she gets saved this year

Alan Mantle - that he would get saved this year - a good friend to the family and personal friend to Dad who plays snooker with him once a week on Monday Nights

Bill and Anne Brand - a atheist husband and catholic wife - that they would get saved this year

The Masters - Single parent mom and her two children, which one might be saved - but that they would truly get saved

Yep, I've begun to do it finally. I did some practice stuff for my ACT - not looking forward to it - I don't think I will do so well and it scares me haha, But have no fear Jesus is near so... pray for me guys =D

On top of that I have a pile of books here that I wish to read through before I go to college ( if I can in time...)



For me this is my Mt. Everest at the moment =p .



So let me go through them one at a time:

Exhibit A) is as reads SHAM How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless (2005) by Steve Salerno

I've read 8 of about 12 Chapter (if you include the conclusion) and it has been pretty revealing and there is some useful facts in there to know about.




Exhibit B) What Every Pastor Needs to Know about
Music, Youth and Education (1986)

Pretty good so far... I've read all the chapters on music by Garth Bolinder and have Youth by Tom McKee and Education by John R. Cionca yet to read.




Exhibit C) The much more famous Common Sense, Rights of Man, etc (2003 - reprint) by the much quoted Thomas Paine



Exhibit D) below - an in depth read of the concept of Free will The Freedom of the Will by J.R. Lucas (1970) , some of it I would say is probably beyond me, but yet a fascinating read






Exhibit E) below another deep read - The Ethics of Aristotle (1897) 2nd Ed (?) - still need to start reading this one (really nice book from what I can tell)

















Exhibit F) The Scottish Educational System (1971) by S. Leslie Hunter

Have only read one chapter on this book, but I have found to cover a lot of ground - illustrates the difference on the Scottish Education System compared to England and the rest of the UK



Exhibit G) Spelling An Element in Written Expression (1981) by Robert L. Hillerich

those who know me fairly well, a subject this book goes over that I especially could use to improve my inadequate spelling talents =)P

Exhibit H) [I sure am going through the alphabet here] Phonics, Linguistics, and Reading (1972) by Dolores Durkin

continues next post:

Will make this short, I have to get ready for work in about half an hr. Today, I got a pack in the mail from Maranatha. Have a lot of forms to fill in. Will be going in the fall of this year, scary. I would just encourage you guys to get ready for college because it always comes sooner than later. If you don't know what you're going to be doing at college that's fine, just try working on a little of everything. I would still say I'm not sure what I will be doing exactly, but we should all try to be prepared for what we will be doing for the rest of our lives. God might only reveal part of His will for you at a time, but that shouldn't stop you from preparing. I'm going to start posting prayer requests on here next week and I hope you might look over at them and remember them in your personal prayers. that's all for now...

Hello all,

This is my second second attempt to create a blog-journal on Blogger, the first time I messed up on the email - accidentally creating a email that didn't exist. When I deleted that account, Blogger tells me I somehow already created a Blogger account with calebcaleb178@yahoo.com, which to me doesn't make any sense, because I don't remember doing so, hmmm an identify fraud perhaps?

My Bible Blog: http://findingtruthsfromhisword.blogspot.com/ still is running for those who would still like to look at that.

I did mention before about creating a website. This is still my goal, but it will probably take me quite some time to set up a fully working, well rounded website. So, most likely I will be using this blog for a quite a while. Let me know on any updates on your Prayer Requests, and I will try to do the same. Anything else you would like me know you can always email me at calebcaleb178@yahoo.com or calebcaleb178@yahoo.co.uk until such time as I change email accounts (again). Anyways, take care and God bless