River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.

'Serenity'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


Gudanov - Mar 11, 2009 11:48:07 am PDT #10219 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Man, I keep telling my students that (the ones who can easily do the assigned work but don't see why they should have to do anything more challenging). They don't believe me.

I remember my AP English teacher really drilled the idea of "you think this is hard, just wait till you get to college" into our class. College wasn't nearly as tough as she made it sound, but she did a good job of motivating the class to step it up a notch.


sumi - Mar 11, 2009 11:48:15 am PDT #10220 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!

Corwood - how terrible.


Kathy A - Mar 11, 2009 11:50:14 am PDT #10221 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The woman who sits next door to my cubicle is the admin for a group upstairs, and she spoils her department! Today, she brought in a bunch of homemade treats for someone's b-day, and had a lot left over for those of us in the vicinity. I've had a chocolate-dipped rice krispie treat and a chocolate-dipped strawberry--yummmmm!


Emily - Mar 11, 2009 11:53:51 am PDT #10222 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

And the teacher just watched us.

Bet you and Doug learned your algebra real well, though.


tommyrot - Mar 11, 2009 11:55:41 am PDT #10223 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Bet you and Doug learned your algebra real well, though.

Heh.

I think I told the story about how I had a huge crush on a woman in my first semester college calculus class. I tutored her, so I got to do the hard problems twice.

I lost one point the entire semester.


Emily - Mar 11, 2009 11:56:46 am PDT #10224 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

We know students have mastered a subject when they can teach others, after all.

Ah, tommyrot, the unexploited educational potential of sex appeal. I'm totally not kidding, either. I probably learned the most from teachers I had crushes on.


msbelle - Mar 11, 2009 11:59:31 am PDT #10225 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

they do have PE. mac often runs races, places soccer, does something with hula hoops. He is lucky and has it twice a week. I say lucky because they rarely get recess.


Gudanov - Mar 11, 2009 12:03:10 pm PDT #10226 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

They have PE at our school as well. It's on a rotation with Art and Music classes so it's either once or twice a week. They do exercises, dancing, numerous games, and some health education.


megan walker - Mar 11, 2009 12:04:26 pm PDT #10227 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

That makes sense somehow for city kids. I was wondering (what with the extra-curricular town programs they have now) whether they still do PE in school. Growing up, there was boys* little league in the summer, but that was it. No other team sports leagues.

It was quite a revelation to get to prep school and realize I was actually athletic.


Gudanov - Mar 11, 2009 12:08:06 pm PDT #10228 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

I say lucky because they rarely get recess.

In elementary school? I thought they pretty much all had a daily recess.