Bazza Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 11 hours ago, Cancer said: There's this one, also, that I could cite, I suppose. "Let no one ignorant of geometry enter" - The Academy of Plato. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 I just signed up for an online astronomy workshop this Saturday. It's hosted by the IAU and the Vera Rubin Observatory. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 VRO has been doing lots of outreach and education stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Cancer said: VRO has been doing lots of outreach and education stuff. Yes. I attended a weeklong workshop in 2020 during the lockdown. It was titled Coloring the Universe and was mainly about how to correctly apply false color to the images from Hubble et al. I haven't taught since May 2021, so I haven't attended any workshops to date. This upcoming one, about the Solar System, will be my first one in over two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 16 hours ago, tkdguy said: Yes. I attended a weeklong workshop in 2020 during the lockdown. It was titled Coloring the Universe and was mainly about how to correctly apply false color to the images from Hubble et al. I did that one too! I really enjoyed it. My astronomy students get really excited when I tell them about what the Vera Rubin Observatory is going to be when it opens. (Or maybe they just get excited seeing how excited I get about it.) tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 There's a girl in my 4th period Astronomy class who's really interested in mycology. She's a fun gal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted September 26, 2022 Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 Lawnmower Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 26, 2022 Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 Another reviewer would point out that the table is of little use when upside-down or sideways, and ask the creator to speculate on improvements to fix that. Logan D. Hurricanes and Lawnmower Boy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 26, 2022 Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 So constructivists ie nominalists who can’t comprehend nature & teleology, again. Oh well…it is what it is. ….a table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 Even Mendeleev's table has undergone a whole bunch of revisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazza Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 19 Clever Responses To Hard-To-Answer Job Interview Questions That Any Hiring Manager Would Be Impressed By https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/careersandeducation/19-clever-responses-to-hard-to-answer-job-interview-questions-that-any-hiring-manager-would-be-impressed-by/ar-AA12mHSY?cvid=cf4fd9f1fa524f20ac9115d40a84deee Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 25 Hysterical Teachers Who Tweeted The Hell Out Of Their Situations https://www.msn.com/en-au/lifestyle/other/25-hysterical-teachers-who-tweeted-the-hell-out-of-their-situations/ar-AA12e21c?cvid=aefc685cf2dc47f69fdcb8276d358f8f Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 Anyone know how I can read this? THE DODECAHEDRON IN PLATO'S "TIMAEUS" by Ronald F. Kotrč https://www.jstor.org/stable/41245051 edit: found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 10 hours ago, Bazza said: 25 Hysterical Teachers Who Tweeted The Hell Out Of Their Situations https://www.msn.com/en-au/lifestyle/other/25-hysterical-teachers-who-tweeted-the-hell-out-of-their-situations/ar-AA12e21c?cvid=aefc685cf2dc47f69fdcb8276d358f8f I've had conversation #2. #3 comes too late for me. #17 is brilliant, and it has me thinking. #19 is 100% Gospel truth. #21 applies even more to high schoolers. (Side note: Axe body spray is not an acceptable substitute for a shower.) #24 A teacher i used to work with would tell her students, "If you're bored when you're writing, it's because you're being boring." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 10 hours ago, Bazza said: 19 Clever Responses To Hard-To-Answer Job Interview Questions That Any Hiring Manager Would Be Impressed By https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/careersandeducation/19-clever-responses-to-hard-to-answer-job-interview-questions-that-any-hiring-manager-would-be-impressed-by/ar-AA12mHSY?cvid=cf4fd9f1fa524f20ac9115d40a84deee Good thing I don't use any of those questions when I give interviews. (I have my own suite of nasties.) Except the one at the end ("Any questions for me?"), and there all I do is answer the candidate's question as well as I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 I got a nasty e-mail from a parent today for including an "inappropriate image" in a student's homework assignment. The assignment involved the activities of the superheroine Thunderbird (pictured below) and her run-ins with a couple of supervillains. I asked her what she found objectionable, and she replied that "she barely has anything on on [sic] top". I pointed out that Thunderbird is covered to the top of her face, and that her maroon costume is clearly a different color than the brown skin around her mouth. I said I was sorry for any confusion and meant nothing offensive. I haven't heard back from her yet. I fully expect I'm going to be invited to my Principal's office to explain all of this. Spoilered for "inappropriate image": Spoiler So, how's your day going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Pariah said: I got a nasty e-mail from a parent today for including an "inappropriate image" in a student's homework assignment. That stinks, sorry you have to deal with that. Reminds me of the time a mother pulled a kid from the show I was doing because she thought it was satanic. When they saw the show they had to admit they were wrong, but it was too late. The student had missed out on the semester show for nothing. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 Send them to https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030630.html ... pointing out that that is a US government site ... with the words "... in the eye of the beholder." Logan D. Hurricanes and Pariah 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazza Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 Ditto logic & epistemology, except you WILL need them later in life…unlike math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 Tom Cowan and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazza Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 Can anyone help a poor Australian out with a request for a book about a particular topic in US History. I'm wanting to find/confirm information about a meeting between the British Embassy and US State Department that took place 17 Feb 1947. The result of this is that the British informed the US that it was pulling out of Greece & Turkey and suggested/implied the Americans under Truman step in. This particular meeting I believe is the origin point for the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. The particular book I'm looking for is titled "The Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine" authored by George Capaccio, and published in 2017 by Cavendish Square Publishing. Reading age is 12-17 (so high school level). I'm looking specifically for page 33. If anyone does find the book, could you photograph that page and share it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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