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| Two_seasons |
Is that class held at Columbia, Oxford, or Berkeley?  | ||
| 04xl1200c |
I want to know if Court teaches a similar course? | ||
| Aesquire |
I bet in Court's class, it's +1 for designing your own aircraft, +1 for knowing Fourier transforms, and -1 for using "cisgenger" in any paper about buckling failure. I'm not sure how many points off he takes if your aircraft suffers buckling failure.  | ||
| Zac4mac |
2 - Berkeley, or Boulder or Austin... That was dark. 57 seconds in I switched to youtube and full-screened it. ouch. Ignore that... it will end | ||
| 04xl1200c |
I hope Court knows I was kidding about him teaching that stuff or allowing it in his class. Have not met him, but am sure from his posts he does not believe in that pile of ..... | ||
| Court |
I absolutely know this is in jest . . . and I enjoy it. I will say that my classroom has provided me a keen insight, one I'd otherwise lack, into some unique shifts taking place in society. You may recall that last semester I threw out the 13 question "pop quiz" . . the first night of class . . that started with "name the 3 branches of the United States Government" . . . included "what is the area of a driveway 10' wide x 50' long" and ended with "what is Aleppo?". The results shocked me. Last night I gave a rousing lecture on math, logic and some elements of acquiring the skill set to bring a JDLR component to the game. I ended by handing out the same homework I was given the first day I attended classes. I had one week to do the work . . which I spent about 14 hours on . . . I'm eager to see what I get back next week. It's an entirely new world out there. While short sighted to simply declare "kids today aren't as smart" there certainly is evidence of a shifting dynamic. I'm trying to be open minded but am curious to see what results I get and how many "this is too much work" complaints are registered. But . . in my sunset years . . . I take little of this personally and it's nice to have safe puppy petting areas on campus where I can spend time without felling threatened by having to work and take responsibility. :-) | ||
| Ratbuell |
I didn't teach anywhere near on the scale of what Court does, but I was adjunct faculty at my alma mater for a few years post-graduation. I was a Fine Arts major (yeah...one of THOSE guys...) and was brought in to teach some 200 and 300 level stagecraft, color theory, and stage lighting design courses. Not NASA-grade stuff, to be certain...but even then (this was the late 90's) it pained me to see how many ADULT children couldn't use something as simple as a screwdriver, hand saw, measuring tape (nevermind the calculations it required), or - god forbid - a POWER tool. Basically we did standard construction - building sets for shows is, literally, basic construction techniques. Not to code, naturally, and lighter-weight so they can be moved around between scenes...but still. "Cut these boards to fit. Attach them. Cut more stuff to fit. Attach it. Etc." Painful to watch. Then getting into theory? As in, why do you use blue lights here, amber lights here, what is a color temperature, what is a fade time, what is a scene, how do you program the electronics, why does any of it matter when we're "creating" a world for the audience... Woof. It hurt. Although, we didn't have dog parks or safe zones. We had a liquor store. | ||
| Court |
I am a huge advocate that all children should be required to know how to change their own oil and change a tire on the side of a road. Seems odd. But . . . in my quirky experience . . I've come to believe that folks who have had to fiddle with an old Briggs and Stratton engine or have been forced to change a tire along side a road in a snow storm, after hitting a pothole, tend to excel in other things. There is absolutely no scientific basis for this. I gave both my adult sons a copy of Dad's Instruction Book for Highway Emergency Situations a couple years ago. I gave them gloves, flashlights, showed them how to fashion crude wheel chocks and how, with the car up on the jack, to break the wheel loose from the corroded on hub without kicking the car off the jack . . . and why the lug nuts should be partially loosened before lifting the wheel and the importance of absolutely minimizing the time the car is without a wheel as it's precariously balanced on the jack. Crap anyone who has ever ridden a motorcycle would know . . . but, alas, skills that appear to be extinguishing. I'm getting cynical, in my sunset years. :-) | ||
| Ratbuell |
There is absolutely no scientific basis for this. Sure there is. It's called the ABILITY TO THINK. Our "educational system" nowadays, doesn't encourage thought. It encourages regurgitation and compliance. Thought, as we are finding more and more with our new administration making life difficult for the DNC...is "bad". Nevermind that it's a critical survival tool for the organisms known as "humans". | ||
| Sifo |
I had a kid get suspended from my bus for 10 days this week. The school then decided that his behavior problems might be part of his "condition" and reversed the suspension. I was then told that pretty much on a daily basis, this kid winds up laying on pillows in the hallway with three adults trying to figure out how to deal with him. Personally, I'm fairly convinced that this 6 year old has learned to manipulate hand wringing adults. I did point out that if he really has a condition causing his violent behavior, he really needs to be transported on a special needs bus with an aide to manage him. | ||
| Ourdee |
WARNING: NOT PC Kid needs more than one spanking. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Yup. If nothing else, it'll flush out the fake stuff. | ||
| Sifo |
It's funny. On the bus, where I simply can't spend time to BS with this kid, he may throw a tantrum for a very short time, but when he realizes that it's not getting the results he wants, he gets in line quite readily most times. Now, knowing how his bad behavior is reinforced with loads of attention elsewhere, I can see how it's going to be an ongoing problem. I've seen his father get totally owned by his kids crap. | ||
| Airbozo |
Funny you guys mention the "Special Needs" aspect. I am with you on the 6 yo playing his parents. Not that I like the guy, but Dr. Phil has a great question he asks when confronted with certain personality traits: "How's that working out for you?" Turns out if it works, kids will do it. "." This is the same thing the SO has learned from being a Special Education teacher for going on 14 years (with 10 years of non special ed). Her and one of her psychologists can spot a problem kid the moment they walk in the door. They usually don't even have to say anything or do anything. It's the way they hold themselves and look at others. During more than one IEP meeting they have told the parents they are being played and the parents erupt. Granted many of the kids do have emotional or learning issues, but not what the parents think in a lot of cases. By law they have to tell the parents what they find out during the testing and evaluation phases, but it is usually not what they want to hear. What is funny, or sad, is that most parents end up getting mad at the teachers for telling them the truth. Telling them they have no idea what they are talking about or reporting them to the education department for some trivial offense for telling them the truth. Seriously, if your doctor told you that you had an ulcer would you treat them the same way? at most you would get a second opinion (something the SO always tells her parents to do), but you would not sit there and berate your doctor for not knowing your conditions or their chosen field. The SO and I have had this conversation many times. The parents blame the education system, but it is the parents who have molded the education system into what it is today. Most of what you see in education is the result of parents forcing the district, then state to adopt certain regulations and practices either through the ballot or lawsuits. Let them have charter schools if they think that's the panacea. It's not the answer, but the parents, who have absolutely no experience teaching academics or child development, feel they know what's best for societies kids. They are the experts because they have 2 or 3 kids. Guess that makes me an expert on motorcycles, because I own 3 of them. |
