For the past few days, all my social media feeds have been occupied by Pokémon. With the exception of about 20 minutes following Steph Curry’s heroic performance against Oklahoma City, all I have seen people post about is Pikachu. People across the world are excited to celebrate Pokémon’s 20th anniversary, which is pretty neat. But I neverContinue reading “POKéMON 20”
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JIMMY V
Jim Valvano’s ESPY awards speech will go down in history as one of the greatest and touching moments in sports history. I post this speech on my blog mainly for me; I want easy access to Jimmy V’s beautiful words. That being said, I invite all to read, watch, or listen to this speech. ItContinue reading “JIMMY V”
PERCEPTION
This semester I am taking a visual literacy class. I am excited to learn more about this complicated topic, as I have relatively little background in visuals. I believe that this topic could play a big part in my thesis, but there is one thing that worries me: I am colorblind. I found out thatContinue reading “PERCEPTION”
GO TO LUNCH
As I taught my course this past semester, I was increasingly concerned that not all of my students felt comfortable sharing their thoughts and perspectives with the class. Southern Utah University has a predominantly Caucasian-American, LDS student body. There is nothing wrong with this, as I have thoroughly enjoyed my interactions within the SUU community,Continue reading “GO TO LUNCH”
LYING
Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life, by Sissela Bok is the single most influential and groundbreaking piece of literature on the subject of lying. This book explores the ethics of lying, motivations for lying, and in which scenarios that lying is justified. If we are being truly honest with ourselves, we can acceptContinue reading “LYING”
HAPPY FIFTH
It’s been five whole years of adventure with you, Sum. I’m so grateful for you and your constant guidance in my life. Aside from being my best friend, you are the most amazing mother to our girls. I wouldn’t change a thing about the last five years. I have more to say, but I’m goingContinue reading “HAPPY FIFTH”
THE QUITTER
During an extremely trying time of my life, I received a poem in a letter from one of my siblings. This poem changed my life. You see, I served an LDS mission in Lisbon, Portugal. Aside from extreme difficulties with the language, I was somewhat homesick and battling a bad case of pneumonia, which almostContinue reading “THE QUITTER”
PERSONAL MORALS
A personal moral theory is a structured set of values and virtues that are used to explain why certain actions are right or wrong. It is the basis for one’s ethical reasoning and provides the framework for the way moral issues are evaluated and processed. The purpose of this blog post is to transcribe and explain my personalContinue reading “PERSONAL MORALS”
Hayden Coombs 