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Golly! How Did I Become an English Prof?

Golly! How Did I Become an English Prof?. One Sailor’s Testimony of Passing Through the White Water of Academia. Not Apparent at First. I loved science, especially astronomy —achieved the highest grades in science in my elementary and junior high schools. Loved the drama of science:

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Golly! How Did I Become an English Prof?

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  1. Golly! How Did I Become an English Prof? One Sailor’s Testimony of Passing Through the White Water of Academia

  2. Not Apparent at First • I loved science, especially astronomy—achieved the highest grades in science in my elementary and junior high schools. • Loved the drama of science: • Terrifying black holes, • Eternal cosmology • The mind boggling immensity of space. • All exists in science as does • Precise grinding observation, • Minute evaluation, • Strict calculation, • Math!

  3. The Dawning of How God Had Made Me • Not very gifted in math—in spite of the fact my mother is a math teacher “It’s all just a big puzzle!” • More of a creative thinker. • Weak eyesight—I see the big dipper in every part of the sky. (I guess that’s the creative in me too.) No star-gazing. • Took an excellent science class which exposed me to the need for minute calculations and repeated observations. • Realized that the human drama within the findings of science was what moved me.

  4. Science Fiction: • Became a voracious reader of the subgenre of Science Fiction • Also discovered mythology • Developed into just a voracious reader (actually took my literature textbook with me to lunch and read it for fun!) • Pleasure is the cornerstone of literature

  5. Eastern Nazarene College • Taught me that as a “Christian” scholar I had nothing to cringe about when with other scholars. • The line between History and Literature • Prof. Faulkner’s class on Russian History: • The drama of a mad Tsar.

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