Well, after four weeks in which I read 1300+ pages, watched/listened to 14+ hours of lectures, and wrote 45+ pages, I am done with my last semester of regular seminary classes!!! Now I get a three week break before beginning my 9 month internship, which is the next-to-last step toward getting my M.Div. (last step is two hours of oral exams right before graduation).
I actually finished last Friday, but I've been trying to clear up a grading problem with my "favorite" professor (the one I've blogged/ranted about several times who basically thinks that ministry success is measured by how quickly your church is growing). Thanks to all the confusion of losing my job, Erik being born via c-section, and a moving 600 miles away (the whole family, not just Erik) I had to request extensions on my work for both of my summer classes. Both profs granted them...or so I thought. I got my course grade back from this "favorite" prof and mine and it was a "C." Even though all the work was at an "A" level he docked almost every single paper 20% for being late - turns out his idea of extension is "you can submit it late and I won't fail you, but you'll still be severely docked for being late." WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO KNOW THAT UP FRONT!!! He "generously" upped my grade to a B since he hadn't communicated clearly enough. Hopefully the other prof didn't have the same thing in mind...I haven't gotten the course grade on that one back yet.
And so dies my 4.0 GPA. I'm pretty annoyed that that's how I lost it, but mostly I'm just glad that I'm done with regular classwork. WOOHOO!!!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Semester Over!
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I got a 4.0 for my M.A., but the GARBC Conference made me stress so much last year when it was on campus that I messed up on my final Aramaic test and I ended up with a B in that class, I think. :-(
I did finish a Pastoral Theology module with Dr Schmidt, and it was fantastic. I really appreciate his heart for pastoral ministry. He even taught us that it was unrealistic to think our church would become a mega church if it was in small towns/difficult neighborhoods. Amazing Huh?
You have gone further in school then I would have tried!! With all that you had going on, it is amazing that you carried a 4.0 to the end!! Congrats!!!
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