In blog entry #11, I commented on "Visigoths" and the visigothian idea of grades. See that entry here. http://robbyprenkert.blogspot.com/2012/01/11-on-visigoths.html
We asked the class whether they thought--considering their graduating class--the Athenians would outnumber the Visigoths. I suppose the value of a question like that isn't so much in the answer we get to the specific question, but to the discussion the question sparks and the perspectives it reveals.
I think it would be fair to say that most of them felt that the majority of their classmates were in the Visigoth camp, and seem to show few signs of relocating themselves.
Taking a bit longer view, I remain hopeful. My teaching partner and I think that seeds do get planted, and that sometimes--maybe even years later--students and former students slide on the scale and become a little less "V" and a little more "A." Of course, the two categories are not Christian, but a robust faith will always push one toward the "A" and away from he "V." t
Sadly, a superficial faith may very well slide a person deeper into visigothian territory. But that's a thought for another time.
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