The Ignatian Educator

The latest blog from Matt Emerson at “The Ignatian Educator”

Earlier this week in the early evening I stepped out of my office and looked up to see the sun glowing behind the mountains see picture right It was an interrupting beauty instantly transporting me from lesser concerns nbsp But as I lingered and adored I fell into a state that Wordsworth de

Writers like to write in the shadow of death nbsp ldquo Write rdquo writes Annie Dillard ldquo as if you were dying At the same time assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients That is after all the case What would you begin writing if you knew you would die s

To be a teacher is to be constantly thinking about the future We think about where we are heading with our lesson plans the date for the next test the responsibility of preparing students for the next English class or the higher math class or for a college or career And in that preparation in

If you 39 re a student watch what you write Colleges care about what you post Your social media footprint cements itself and may jeopardize your admissions prospects nbsp In quot They Loved Your G P A Then They Saw Your Tweets quot Natasha Singer of the New York Times nbsp says that quot

In 2008 Nick D 39 Aloisio began designing iPhone apps nbsp He was 12 years old quot working quot reports the Wall Street Journal quot on a Mac in his bedroom in the London district of Wimbledon quot He had taken quot no formal computer science classes at school and neither of his parents

Like many throughout the world I 39 ve seen the pictures now materializing on Facebook Buzzfeed and other sites — the pictures of Pope Francis praying with and hugging a man apparently afflicted with neurofibromatosis a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerve tissue The images are

Posting as I rsquo ve done recently about spiritual autobiographies has got me thinking about one of the most influential books I rsquo ve ever read in any genre Pope Benedict XVI rsquo s nbsp Introduction to Christianity Published in 1968 when Pope Benedict was Cardinal Ratzinger I read it fir