Yeah, I'm grading. (Maybe you would be too if you weren't reading the blogs, hmm?) But I wanted to check in.
- I pulled my back loading the car for the last soccer game of the season. What's the proper inference to draw from that (besides the obvious: that I'm getting old and all this grading is doing nothing for my muscle tone)?
- How is it that if I make assignments at school they often are left undone, whereas if I make assignments on my blog, people do the work and turn it in? (Are we now awarding ScienceBlogs course credit?)
- As much as I hate feeding capitalism (seriously, ask these guys) and consumerism, I do like nurturing the interests of the young in positive directions. So, to balance the bad stuff out there on the market, I'm putting together a round up of brain-friendly gift ideas for the youngsters. My question to you: What games, toys, or other giftables would you recommend for a kid who may or may not have an interest in math and science? Tell me by email (and expound on why your suggestion rocks), and I'll compile a list of the favorites to go up in the neighborhood of Buy Nothing Day. (You can research on Buy Nothing Day, I think).
More when I emerge, victorious, from the stack of papers.
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When we look at a the data for a population+ often the first thing we do
is look at the mean. But even if we know that the distribution
I love this question:
Why is it warmer in the summer than in the winter (for the Northern hemisphere)?
Go ahead and ask your friends. I suppose they will give one of the following likely answers:
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Last week we looked at the organ systems involved in regulation and control of body functions: the nervous, sensory, endocrine and circadian systems. This week, we will cover the organ systems that are regulated and controlled.
Yeah, I'm grading. (Maybe you would be too if you weren't reading the blogs, hmm?)
Yes. I would. SOMEONE has verbose students...
I needed the break. :)
Sorry! I'll let you off grading it. In fact, I was experimenting to see if I could be bothered to do it, as part of a decision about whether to sign up to start a philosophy MA in January despite being in the middle of chemotherapy. (On re-reading, I think I've actually done it about three-quarters).
To clarify: JM is complaining about the verbosity of my officially enrolled students, whose words she is employed (for a pittance, sad to say) to grade.
Honestly, potentilla, if I could find a way to harness the enthusiasm of commenters for matters of epistemology to whip up similar enthusiasm amongst my "official" students, I'd be pleased as punch. (Also, I hope the chemotherapy goes as well as it can, if not better!)
The folks at Grist tackle the gift conundrum also: Live and let give
Cheers