Old Man 11,299 Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Cancer said: After checking for the first time today, I have a total of 83 registered for my two sections of the 2nd quarter of algebra-based physics next term (the syllabus includes hydrostatics, oscillations, waves, and sound, and electromagnetism). That's about a half-dozen more than any previous total that I can remember. I genuinely did not expect the total to go up in the plague year, though I suppose I should have, knowing what I do about incoming class sizes over time. Clearly your reputation is not nearly fearsome enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 Either that, or 2020 has worn them down and they have devolved into resigned acceptance of doom, in which case they may be seeking a quicker end. Pariah 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,413 Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 Entirely reasonable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 Course grades aren't due until December 9!! W00t!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pariah 7,797 Posted November 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 I have 2nd Quarter midterm grades due by tomorrow afternoon. I have three of my four preps (Astronomy, Chemistry, and ACT Prep, one section each) up to date. All I have left is Physics, which is four sections. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 The ultimate, drop-dead final deadline was 11:59 PM my time yesterday. Quote Late Assignment: X------- X------, Lab 4 turned in: Nov 18 at 11:58pm Paying all bets of two minutes, or less. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pariah 7,797 Posted November 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 "Needing" 100% isn't the same as earning 100%. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Logan.1179 6,200 Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 ... Despite our heroic efforts to teach the sun’s motion throughout the year, on the final (given in either December or May) I have never gotten over 75% correct answers to the following question. I challenge all of you fine colleagues to ask it of your students, and if you get about 75% correct please tell me how you taught them! 1. Right now the sun A. Rises in the east and sets in the west B. Rises in the northeast and sets in the northwest C. Rises in the northeast and sets in the southwest D. Rises in the southeast and sets in the southwest E. Rises in the southeast and sets in the northwest Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old Man 11,299 Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 Well the earth is flat so... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
L. Marcus 2,413 Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 Widdershins and Trailing, then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 As Cheech Wizard once said, "You aren't prepared to see the truth." But for a more explanatory approach to the situation, check here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 4,688 Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 Don't think I ever submitted a paper to Nature. I do remember refereeing a manuscript for them once (and telling them to reject). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Logan.1179 6,200 Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 That fee is insane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 24, 2020 Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 How else are Elsevier's execs supposed to make their bonuses? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Badger 1,791 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 On 11/18/2020 at 5:34 PM, Cancer said: Either that, or 2020 has worn them down and they have devolved into resigned acceptance of doom, in which case they may be seeking a quicker end. I am signing up for Cancer's class next semester then. This may end up mutually assured destruction though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
novi 30 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 12:02 AM, Cancer said: On 11/17/2020 at 1:28 AM, Bazza said: Not readable. On 11/17/2020 at 10:36 AM, Cancer said: Didn't do that intentionally. Only version of it that I could find on the Web. https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1985/01/27 Cancer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 4,688 Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Three of the four claims in the middle panel, last row, are accurate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pariah 7,797 Posted November 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 The word 'seminars' is best understood by breaking it down into its component parts: 'semi-' meaning 'half' 'arse' meaning 'the buttocks' From this it is easy to conclude that seminars are a series of half-assed discussions. Any experienced educator knows this intuitively. Logan.1179 and Cancer 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Hate it when I am obliged to scribble VSH on a paper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Badger 1,791 Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/23/2020 at 6:38 PM, Cancer said: ... Despite our heroic efforts to teach the sun’s motion throughout the year, on the final (given in either December or May) I have never gotten over 75% correct answers to the following question. I challenge all of you fine colleagues to ask it of your students, and if you get about 75% correct please tell me how you taught them! 1. Right now the sun A. Rises in the east and sets in the west B. Rises in the northeast and sets in the northwest C. Rises in the northeast and sets in the southwest D. Rises in the southeast and sets in the southwest E. Rises in the southeast and sets in the northwest My mother is in trouble. When we had a comet a few years ago and they directions to look for it in the sky, it turned out she was looking in the exact opposite direction Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pariah 7,797 Posted November 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 9 hours ago, Cancer said: Hate it when I am obliged to scribble VSH on a paper. Vector spherical harmonics? I'm confused. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cancer 6,817 Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 VSH is my personal notation indicating clear, prosecutable academic dishonesty. Plagiarism in a paper, copying on an exam, fabrication of data on a lab. It stands for "Vehement suspicion of heresy", which is the charge on which Galileo was tried, and was sentenced "to be shown the instruments of torture as if they were to be used." Pariah 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 4,688 Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 Still better than formal heresy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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