Typing Trauma (going a bit off-track as usual)

My main duty today is to finish typing a lot of stuff for our college info books. OK, I do type fast, but I think my fingers might scream and run away if they see the keyboard too much longer.

What amazes me is that I'm copying the info from lecturer's official course outlines - and just about all of them have spelling, grammar, outdated info and layout "issues". And these folk teach our students? Scary.... Anyway, will be returning them with "comments" to be sorted out and in the meantime am typing the self-corrected versions of the info. I guess no-one's perfect. It just amazes me, that's all.

It's funny though, since going somewhat off the beaten track in the church area, I'm seeing everything with new eyes - including the course content of totally un-church-like courses like accouting, or psychology, or music. I'm thinking, "How does this relate to real-life?" I'm wondering if these courses are TRULY preparing students for life out there, for the work environment, especially when taught by folk who haven't been in that work environment for 20 years!

Same thing with our pastoral students - they're being taught by folk who haven't pastored for many years, who have no experience of what's happening now, old guys who should have retired already. They're being trained for the past, not the future. It kinda gets me worried about how they'll cope when they finish their studies and go out to do their jobs.

There are already many graduates who have become disillusioned with the set-up, but are lost and wandering, not quite sure where to from here. Some have left the ministry completely, lost faith in God, gone to do other things. None were taught about home churches, church planting or "underground" movements and probably would have a hard time fitting them in to what they've been taught.

I would hesitate to suggest they need to forget just about everything they learnt here for 4 years and start from a different angle, but that is maybe what's required.

Hey - no-one else here wants to listen to me on this, so guess what, you get to! :) Will shut up now.

Back to the typing. Will blog again when my fingers can stand it!