Today we talked about centrifugal and investment ("lost-wax") casting, machine forging, and powder metallurgy.
See, I would find all that stuff interesting. Even as a kid....
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Sep 10, 2007 6:55:22 am PDT #9410 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jesse - Sep 10, 2007 6:55:52 am PDT #9411 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Did I ever tell you guys what I'm teaching this year?
Voc school?
Kathy A - Sep 10, 2007 6:56:39 am PDT #9412 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Or, you can tell them that the reason the British (to quote Bill Cosby) "had to wear red and march in a straight line" was that they only had inaccurate muskets, because there was no manufacturing method to produce rifling for the gun barrels in large quantities. More of the colonists had their own rifles because they needed them for hunting, so that's why they were able to hide behind the hedges, etc., and take potshots on the road from Concord back to Boston in April 1775.
shrift - Sep 10, 2007 6:56:40 am PDT #9413 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
We've been to the moon and invented the internet, but as a species, we have not yet mastered the revolving door.
It's sad.
Dana - Sep 10, 2007 6:57:38 am PDT #9414 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Revolving doors scare me.
Emily, I'm guessing you're not teaching math.
Emily - Sep 10, 2007 6:57:53 am PDT #9415 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
See, I would find all that stuff interesting. Even as a kid....
They might find it more interesting if I could show them. Or, hell, if I even knew what it meant.
Voc school?
Yes! I'm in a whole different wing! Well, sort of. I mean, I am in a different wing, but I teach probably the least "voc-school" classes of all the tech teachers.
Emily - Sep 10, 2007 6:59:51 am PDT #9416 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
as a species, we have not yet mastered the revolving door.
True, but most of my class now knows how to animate one in Autodesk Viz!
See, it's sorta related, but not really.
Emily, I'm guessing you're not teaching math.
You guess correctly. That particular class was Engineering Drafting. So the question is not so much "How can I make it relevant?" but "Er... isn't that sort of why we're here?"
Jesse - Sep 10, 2007 7:00:19 am PDT #9417 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's kind of hilarious. I mean, I guess it's nice to learn the history of the other stuff you're studying, as opposed to or in addition to general misc history, but I'm sure it all falls under "when am I ever going to need this?!" for a lot of kids.
shrift - Sep 10, 2007 7:01:50 am PDT #9418 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Revolving doors scare me.
Do you freeze up in front of them and NOT LET ME OUT? Because if you do, I'm afraid that you won't be able to get revenge for that earworm because I'll have to kill you.
Do not trap me in a tiny plastic coffin, people!
Kathy A - Sep 10, 2007 7:03:36 am PDT #9419 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
What a catloaf looks like from underneath.