“The papacy pushed its universal claims and international organization to their highest point and defeated the rival universal claims of the Holy Roman Empire, only to be defeated, in its turn, by the regionally based monarchies.
“Here was the turning point of internationalism in the Middel Ages. The distinguished philosopher-historian Arnold Toynbee saw it as the [...]
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A tag for educational moments. Kindergartens, Elementary Schools, Junior High Schools, Senior High Schools, Universities, Colleges, Free Schools, private schools, public schools, teachers, teaching, students, pupils, school houses, curriculums, exams, tests, papers, paperclips.
You name it, and if it’s even in the most obscure way related to education, and mentioned in this blog, the post it’s in’ll be tagged with this.
2007-11-09 — Quote of the Day
2007-11-08 — Quote of the Day
“Some sixty years later the dispute between king and Church flared up again. This time it took the form of a quarrel between Henry II (1154-1189) [of England] and Thomas Becket [...] Just as in the case of the emperor Henry IV [of the Holy Roman Empire] and Pope Gregory VII, personalities played their part [...]
2007-11-07 — Quote of the Day
“The pagan barbarians had buried their most precious possessions with their dead. These possessions would vary, from the weapons of ordinary men and the simple bronze or copper jewelry which even poor women owned to the to the treasures of great warriors and kings, such as those superbly rich objects of Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk, [...]
Norske språklyder
Jeg kan hverken fatte eller begripe at Gudene har sett med slik velvilje på meg, og latt noen skape dette fantastiske programmet, utelukkende for min convenience. Jeg føler meg som universets navle. Eller, navler er egentlig ikke så jævla tøffe. La oss gå for øyesten.
Ja, øyesten høres bedre ut. (Ikke dermed sagt at det er [...]
Bragging…
Is a thing commonly approved of in our current culture. But seeing as Ithink most of our current culture is crap, here’s what my English professor had to say about the first obigatory activity I handed in a couple of weeks ago:
“Hi, Terje–
This is VERY nicely done! While there are a few slips here and [...]
Seventh term of higher education — what’s up?
So. I’ve been attending NTNU for over three years now, and thus I ought to have completed at least one degree. But, as has been reported here before, no such luck. Or, rather, no such skill, as this has more to do with my laziness, really.
However, I was still supposed to have finished my bachelor [...]
Alatriste
I’m home alone this week, and as my parents left me a rather substantial amount of money to keep myself clothed and fed while they’re away, I found I could afford to rent a movie for once. I rented “Alariste“.
“Alariste” is a Spanish movie, based on five novels by the author Arturo Perez-Revertes, and it [...]
Mellom Slagene
Grufullt lite foredrag jeg holdt på museet i kveld. Et språklig togkrasj, siden jeg skrev førsteutkastet på riksmål, før jeg plutselig innså at syntaksen min når jeg snakker er mer nynorsk, hvorpå et kaotisk og halvhjertet forsøk på å tilpasse stilen muntlig framføring oppsto.
Som sagt, språket er katastrofe, innholdet noe bedre. Poster foreløpig tekst, så [...]
I passed! I passed! Oh glorious day, I passed!
Sure, I got an E, but I passed social scientific method! I’ll never have to bother with the crap again! NEVER!
Leo Festingers studie av en religiøs sekt
Les den her. Morsom.
That’s it, then.
There’s dust on your guitar, you fuck, and it’s all your fault…
In four days, I am supposed to hand in a 25 pages long project paper in the pol.sci. course I’m taking. However, being a lazy, useless slob, I haven’t even begun reading for it yet. I tried to start working on it today, but [...]
April 15 is coming up…
And with it the deadline for applying for admittance to higher education. Thus I, hopefully finishing my Bachelor in Social Studies (oooh, look at who’s learned the distinction between “studies” and “science” since last time! ), have had to come up with something I’d like to be doing next year. And seeing as said [...]
w00t!!!!1one
My employer from the last three summers just called, offering me the same job I’ve had before (only with some additions, since I’ll be taking over my sister’s duties, what with her new job and all). So with the exception of a little more stress in the first two or three weeks of June (and [...]
Awesome music videos
Radiohead - Paranoid Android — I don’t love the video as much as I used to, but man, this is still a fucking mind-blowing song. Undeniably my favourite of all time.
Queen - I’m Going Slightly Mad — not only is the song weird in a good way, but the video is, in addtion to being [...]
Phew.
WARNING! This post contains what most people would consider to be TMI. Consider yourself warned. The author will not take responsibility for disturbing imagery that might appear in your minds if you read on.
That’s gotta be one of the hardest papers I’ve ever written. Sure, the theory and the empirics was child’s play, eight pages [...]
Muahaha, de trodde de var smartere enn meg…
… men den gang ei! For der de stiller meningsløse krav til meg, vil jeg svare på en tilsvarende meningsløs måte! Bare se:
Fra “Om Semesteroppgaver Ved Institutt For Sosiologi Og Statsvitenskap”:
“Alle må referere til minst en artikkel fra et samfunnsvitenskapelig tidsskrift”
Fra innledninga til min semesteroppgave ved samme institutt:
1.0 — Innledning
“Det er et lite omstridt faktum [...]
I’m feeling optimistic
It is now, let’s see, a little more than 38 hours until my term paper in “Social Scientific Method” is due, and I feel I’m on course. Even though it’s only eight hours or so since I started working on it.
Because today I flipped through a couple of term papers in this course from the [...]
Oh man…
I just watched a couple of minutes of a “60 Minutes” program, where they interviewed Bill O’Reilley (or however in Hel it’s spelled). And even though the interviewer was so critical as to almost be refered to as “hostile”, and in spite of O’Reilley’s obvious vanity and arrogance, the interview managed to create some sympathy [...]
Religion? No, thank you. Marx? Yes, please.
I was just reading “The Right Nation“, a book about the rise of the American Right, and I came to a passage which said that American conservatives such as Ronald Reagan see the United States as a nation favored by God because of its democratic virtue, and those kinds of things, and that this is [...]
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