The performance today

I love hearing the Jazz Band play. They work tremendously hard practiciing their instrument, they practice working together, and then when they get on stage there is still the element of improvisation. It reminds me a little of Barry Sanders; the Lions practiced their plays over and over, but when a play broke down or Barry found the open field his improvisational skills were second to none. Have you improvised recently? How did it go? Is it possible to get better at improvising?

Thinking about thinking

Socrates (the goofy looking guy in the picture) was a great teacher. Part of what made him so great was his method of teaching; he liked to ask lots of questions, and then question the answers his students gave him. Sometimes his students were very frustrated by this method, but old Socrates stuck with it. Why do you think I would think this is a good method for teaching? Wouldn't it just make more sense to tell the students what the answers are, so that the students can study the answers? Be prepared to respond to my response to your response to this post.

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

How about that beautiful Fall Classic! Tell about some of the wackiest or most extreme weather you have ever played sports or camped in. Make sure to use plenty of descriptive adjectives!

Adjectives!

Try to describe this picture in two sentences, using as many specific adjectives as possible. Extra credit for the best response!

Learning from Losing

This weekend, Michigan jumped out to a 17 - 7 lead on #3 Penn State. The game ended with Penn State up 46 - 17. In a game that included lots of bad moments (for the Michigan fans among us) there were still good moments, like John Thompson forcing a fumble on this play. What lessons can be learned from this? I believe that some academic parallels could be drawn. What do you think?

It's been a week now . . .

What were some of the things you loved most about the sleepover? I thought it was really cool how much trash we were able to pick up, and I hope that translates into us taking especially good care of our own campus. I enjoyed the high ropes course because it was neat to see boys working through some of their nervousness to do things they weren't sure the could do.

As the ball leaves the bat, ask yourself. . .

Did I just crush it, or did I just pop out to the first baseman? Is the process I used to achieve this result one that I want to repeat next time I'm 'up to bat'?