Cancer Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 I had to put in draconian penalties to make sure people showed up to lab. Those now are moot, since for several reasons we are splitting the labs off from lecture and turning the lab into a separate course. So replacing it with a fail-by-definition diktat for the final exam is not a huge deal, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 There are only two grades: Fail, and Judgment Deferred. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Bump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Hey, I'm not teaching this summer, so I don't have to fail anyone right now! OTOH, after some adjustments to the teaching schedule, I'll be teaching two courses (up from one) in the fall. And the one I picked up is one where yes, people can fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 I have seven classes in the coming year: two sections of Honors Chemistry, and five sections of Chemistry for Dummies ( I can't actually call it that, of course, but that's essentially what it is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 "See, there are these things that we call atoms, right ..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 I have seven classes in the coming year: two sections of Honors Chemistry, and five sections of Chemistry for Dummies ( I can't actually call it that, of course, but that's essentially what it is).I have five, sort of. One's a seminar for freshman physics majors, which is supposed to be nothing but fun. There's two sections of Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology which meet together for lecture and separately for labs. This one ends up being full of brand-new nonscience students, a remarkably clueless population. And then the same sort of common-lecture/separate-labs deal for the 2nd quarter of algebra-based physics, which includes fluid statics, oscillations and waves (including sound in particular), and electromagnetism. Oddly, that class contains lots of rather experienced students in biology (mostly); because it isn't a prerequisite for anything (but it is required for their degree program) they put it off til their senior year. They don't have calculus and in general have an excessive fear of math, but they've got lots of lab class experience in bio and chemistry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 There's two sections of Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology which meet together for lecture and separately for labs. This one ends up being full of brand-new nonscience students, a remarkably clueless population. Would you allow me to look at your syllabus for this class? I'm putting together an astronomy course for my school (which hasn't had one since the Bush administration...maybe the first Bush administration) and I'm looking for ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 I'll be able to do that in a few weeks, for this fall's class. Usually I've taught a "Solar Systems: Ours and Others" course. That one now needs revision, but it'll be at least a year before I teach it again so I have time. I give essay exams in that class. There's number-crunching, but it's in the labs and homeworks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Usually I've taught a "Solar Systems: Ours and Others" course. That one now needs revision, but it'll be at least a year before I teach it again so I have time. Ooh, I wanna look at that one, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 All other solar systems are fails compared to ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Spoken like a true Sol chauvinist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Oh yuss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 technically the Solar system is the system around Sol all the others are merely star systems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Pulling the ringtab off the top is a fail, too. Done that more than I've done the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Either way all you have to do is stab it open with a pen or screwdriver. I agree that it’s annoying though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 And the pen may not survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 You want that Red Bull or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 You can have it, man. I can't stand the stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 This is a difficult read, but it is an infamous fail that happened in the science of astronomy: the potassium flare stars. Read the abstract (first page) and conclusions (on the last page) and you have the result: lighting up while observing can give you unexpected results. Inbetween those pages is the long digest of work showing that this was the case: important to astronomers then, not important now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 3 hours ago, Starlord said: Give peas a chance, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Nice legumes, baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Which is more fail: the humdrum, everyday fail or the unique, once-in-a-lifetime cock-up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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