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In a comment to a recent post of mine, Zinemin asked (and Ana seconded): “I have a question for you. I would be really curious to read what you would say about the topic of energy, since this is something I am currently thinking about. It is clear that you operate on a very high…
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Zinemin has a great post on understanding physics (and math) in high school. I started writing a comment, then it got so long-winded that I decided (for once) to not hog other people’s comment threads with my verbosity, but to put it all in a post. Here’s what the comment would have been (Zinemin is a physicist,…
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What makes a good teacher? I am sure that people who work in education have precise metrics for what effective teaching means. I am not an education scholar, but I do teach, so doing it well is important to me (and to most of the readership, I am sure). I am at a research university, which…
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‘Tis December!!! Phew. I must admit, posting every day in November has been tough, which was probably obvious from some of the less-than-inspired posts. When you start photographing produce, you know you are scraping the bottom of the blog-fodder barrel. I think last year’s November blogging was easier, I am not sure why. I don’t remember…
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The long Thanksgiving weekend has been filled with mom stuff. Fun, chores; laughter, whining. My valiant plans to do work (grade midterm! edit student papers! review manuscripts!) did not materialize. When will I finally give up these silly ideas and stop planning to do work during weekends or holidays? When it becomes possible to go home without feeling…
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Parents of grown children always say that you’re supposed to enjoy the period when the kids are little, and that the teenage years are much harder. As all new parents, I thought my experience would somehow be different. I just knew my kids’ infant years were the hardest ever, and that I would do such a good job…
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Thanksgiving is a slow time in the blogosphere. I have been fighting a headache all day, so I have very little to give here. But, a promise to blog daily in November still stands, so… Why is it so hard to get a teenager to go to bed, even though he knows intellectually that he’ll…
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We went to some friends’ from work for a Thanksgiving party. The food was good and abundant. I must say I didn’t have a great time, and I take full responsibility for it. Actually, I can’t remember the last time I had fun at a party. People do invite us, and we either go or don’t…
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Call this an experimental post: I give myself 15 min, and I write whatever I write. When the timer goes off, I stop, edit very lightly, and publish. Here goes. 1. I am reading “Bad Feminist” and enjoying it for the most part. I will have to reconsider my deep love for semicolons. Roxane Gay does…
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