I was looking back through old posts and many of them did not make sense. Apparently, RapidWeaver cut off the summary. I will go back and fix as many of these as I can. Curse you RapidWeaver.

Tags: rant

I have some comments about college life and learning. There are two things that seeded these ideas. First is this article from the Wall Street Journal - For Most People College is a Waste of Time. The second is this great essay on math education by Paul Lockhart - this is not the first place I found this article, but I can’t find the other blog that linked to it. Maybe you should read these two articles and then continue here.
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Tags: rant

I usually create posts focused on physics and science stuff, but I like to talk about learning also. Today I will talk about the question that comes up with faculty. Should you have attendance count as part of the course grade?
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Tags: teaching, lecture, attendance, rant

I like to ride my bicycle. I like to ride it well. I ride it to work whenever I can. I think this is a good thing and not one bad thing about it. However, occassionaly I will have someone in a car yell at me. It usually goes something like this:

“Get of the silly road you person”

But occasionally they will say things a little more colorful. But the question remains. Should I instead ride on the sidewalk?


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Tags: rant, bike, energy, momentum