TrophyHusband 0 #76 December 24, 2007 Quote"Where am I ever going to need this?" i've been hearing this a lot in my freshman level classes, mainly in math. the students asking it usually have a poor attitude and don't do very well, not because they are not capable, but because their attitude prevents them from putting pencil to paper. i try to explain to them that college is just a series of hoops to jump through. it really doesn't matter what you learn or if you'll ever use it, what matters is that you jumped through the hoop put in front of you. "Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama www.kjandmegan.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #77 December 24, 2007 College does seem to be a series of hoops, at least until you get past the general ed requirements. Once I got to where I was just taking upper division math (and French), I felt like I was in Nirvana. Well, not quite, but I loved taking math class after math class. I didn't care if I ever used anything I was learning at that point. It was just fun. Yeah, my students think I have a warped sense of fun, too "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrophyHusband 0 #78 December 24, 2007 i enjoy my math classes more than anything else, mostly because its right or wrong. it isn't left up to the teacher's opinion or interpretation. hopefully i will find this in other classes, i only have one more math i can do. "Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama www.kjandmegan.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #79 December 24, 2007 I think that's part of what drew me to math. Writing classes drive me nuts. No matter how well written I thought something was, the prof could always find ways to pick it apart. Sciences classes are my next favorites, any of htem. I had never had physics, so I took a physics class this last quarter. It fwas a survey type course and ocused on the concepts rather than the math which i could already do. Exploring the ideas behind modern physics was particularly fascinating----relativity and so on. Is physics in you future? Where do you jump, by the way?"safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #80 December 24, 2007 Quote You mean someone appreciates a woman who can measure,... You do understand why most men don't like a woman with a ruler, right?My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #81 December 24, 2007 Quote You do understand why most men don't like a woman with a ruler, right? YeahBut I believe there are places rulers belong and others where they don't!!!"safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #82 December 24, 2007 But you'd be able to know that the distance from ->here to hereis NOT an inch.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #83 December 24, 2007 YepBut there are times it just isn't polite to measure. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MakeItHappen 15 #84 December 24, 2007 QuoteI just saw a segment on the Today show about tools for women. They were showing a tape measure with the markings labeled by 4 3/8 etc. That is absolutely absurd for anyone, man or woman. Unfortunately, in my classrooms, I have discoved that way too many college students cannot read a ruler. That however is not the solution!!!!!! I am waiting for the Decimal Time Keeping System. .. Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrophyHusband 0 #85 December 24, 2007 writing has always been my week point. for my last english class i had to do two papers. i worked very hard and felt that they were both A papers. i got lucky on one and it was an extremely good paper. because of that, my teacher felt that my other paper didn't live up to my abilities so he only gave it a B. i asked him what i could do to make it better, and he said that i had take it as far as it could go. there was nothing i could do to make it better. i want to take physics, but my major is biology so i'll only take a physics class if it can be applied toward my degree. i've only been out to star to jump once since we moved to idaho. it seems that every time i get an opportunity to go, its windy as hell or just too damn hot. "Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama www.kjandmegan.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #86 December 24, 2007 Quote I am waiting for the Decimal Time Keeping System. Interesting. I remember a Sci Fi show a few years back that spoke of time in "Centons." Figured that was some decimal time scale. You're off base on the leap year thing, though. No calendar system can adjust for the fact that an orbital year in 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds. Because of that almost extra 1/4 of a day, every four years, years that are multiples of 4, we insert a leap year to keep the Solstices aligned. We skip a leap year, I believe every 100 or 200 years, because we are 11 minutes and 14 seconds short of a full 1/4 day each orbital year. It's an approximation, but it works well. My question is this: Why does February have only 28 days when 7 months have 31 days. couldn't we just swipe a day from January and March? It would even things up a bit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MakeItHappen 15 #87 December 24, 2007 Quotewriting has always been my week point. Really? I always thought that 'the message', tenses, spelling and grammer should be different metrics in writing. If your message is great, but spelling, punctuation and tenses are atrocious, does that really mean the big picture is wrong? Just get some 'fix-its' applied to the solution and the overall product is better. Good editors are extremely hard to come by. .. Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,147 #88 December 24, 2007 QuoteQuotewriting has always been my week point. Really? I always thought that 'the message', tenses, spelling and grammer should be different metrics in writing. If your message is great, but spelling, punctuation and tenses are atrocious, does that really mean the big picture is wrong? No, but there is a point where egregiously bad grammar and spelling become such a distraction to the reader that "the message" gets lost. Quote Just get some 'fix-its' applied to the solution and the overall product is better. Good editors are extremely hard to come by. . Indeed!... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MakeItHappen 15 #89 December 24, 2007 QuoteQuote I am waiting for the Decimal Time Keeping System. ... No calendar system can adjust for the fact that an orbital year in 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds. I am setting sail above your head. No animosity intended - just the premise of a different time keeping system. .. Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #90 December 24, 2007 Quote Interesting. I remember a Sci Fi show a few years back that spoke of time in "Centons." Figured that was some decimal time scale. A few years????Time I guess is relative after all.The old BattleStar Galactica series used the Centons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_units Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrophyHusband 0 #91 December 24, 2007 Quote Good editors are extremely hard to come by. i'm fortunate that my wife has a minor in english. when i started school i bought her a red pen. she loves to proof read my work. the first few drafts of anything come back a bloody mess. "Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama www.kjandmegan.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #92 December 24, 2007 QuoteI just saw a segment on the Today show about tools for women. They were showing a tape measure with the markings labeled by 4 3/8 etc. That is absolutely absurd for anyone, man or woman. Unfortunately, in my classrooms, I have discoved that way too many college students cannot read a ruler. That however is not the solution!!!!!! 4 yr. ago, I had my 12 yr. old nephew helping me with remodeling my brother's house. He was going to be the ground man, meaning he had to cut everything and pass it up to me. I made a 16" scale of 1" marked properly. After about an hour, he told me he didn't need it. This spring, I did the same thing to a 40 yr. old man, and he never got it after two months. He could not figure out that 5/8 was larger than 1/2. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #93 December 24, 2007 Quote Measure twice, cut once. I've cut it twice and it's still too short. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #94 December 24, 2007 QuoteWomen who can use hand tools,, and ( be still my heart ) POWER tools.... well they are right up there at the top of the list... Mix that with computer saavy, and a few other important personality traits.....( and of course, skydiving.. ) and you have a winner on your hands..... Yea, that chick, Robin, on Hometime, is so hot in her plaid shirt and low slung tool belt. And she knows what she's doing, too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #95 December 24, 2007 QuoteThat's right up there with what I heard from my son about a guy he was doing concrete foundations with. This guy was helping layout the forms and checking to see if they were square with his own tape measure. He neglected to mention or take into account the fact that the first foot of the tape was missing. His boss figured it out when he had to tear out the third foundation the guy worked on. Needless to say, he lost his job. Maybe he'd been told to cut a foot so many times that he figured he didn't need it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #96 December 24, 2007 Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I cannot even tell you how many adults I have meet that cannot read a ruler! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote|--------------------------------------------------| THis is 9" right?????It's a folding rule with a slide on one end, which I use for inside measurements, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
galvar2439 0 #97 December 25, 2007 My dad didnt finish the 8th grade, but managed to raise 4 kids. He would take us to Texas in August and we would work in the fields picking (even though we were suppose to be on vacation there). He would say, You can do this kind of work for a living or you can get an education. Now we only did it for a few days but man, the heat, the back breaking work, I chose school. I think if more parents were tougher on thier kids and actually made them work for thier things, this country would be stronger. Did i mention that dad also was a drill instructor for 16 years in the USMC. OOOOOORRRRAAHHH. It all starts in the home. Congrats to you for making them work! Now go measure that room for meSo i just broke up with this woman who wasn't even my girlfriend! Hellfish #782, POPS #10664 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #98 December 25, 2007 QuoteI am setting sail above your head. No animosity intended - just the premise of a different time keeping system. Yes, Madam Superior, and what do you do when Easter starts coming in winter? Anyone can make arcane divisions, but you have to deal with the realities of the universe. And I sure as hell don't want to eat lunch at 3:23 in the morning just so you can have your decimal time system. I wouldn't mind 10 hours in a day, 100 minutes in an hour, and 100 seconds in a minute, but I still want to go to work in the morning and go to bed at night, and Christmas should come during the really cold, dark part of the year. Your system would never be accepted by the masses. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #99 December 25, 2007 Quote but I still want to go to work in the morning and go to bed at night... BS. Everybody should have to work rotating shifts. It builds character. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #100 December 25, 2007 Quote... I think if more parents were tougher on thier kids and actually made them work for thier things,... Hmmmpf. This was a major point of contention and was a major contributing factor in my divorce. My son is 18 now and I bet his momma (lower case intentional) is still wiping his ass for him.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
