John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 min readBETTER SPEAKING AND WRITINGWrite BetterAt this time of year, students are receiving back papers from professors with various forms of the same advice: “Please get help for your...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.3 min readTEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFESome Advice for Students at “Crunch Time”Farmers work harder during harvest than at any other time. But they also work happier, because they see every day the literal fruit of...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.4 min readTEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFEAdvice for Students in Unsafe Places“But, Professor, I learned in church that God wrote the Ten Commandments himself on stone tablets and gave them to Moses. Isn’t that what...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.2 min readTEACHING AND ACADEMIC LIFEWhy Spelling CountsStudents often complain about professors meticulously marking spelling…and grammar…and usage…and other sentence-level problems in their...