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+ Show Spoiler +On April 03 2014 09:04 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2014 06:51 docvoc wrote:Damn I wish I had had you as my math teacher. In high school I had 3 math teachers. One of them reminds me a bit of you in the way you've described your class time and he was literally the most gifted teacher (or at least in the top 3) I'd had up until college (I'd still put him in the top 5 now). The other two were awful. Very cool blog DPB  . Haha thanks Yeah it's interesting how much of an impact one teacher can have on a student's perspective on an entire subject. Math seems to be extremely polarizing in this respect, where many students (even in middle school and high school) "hate math" because of one teacher (more commonly than those who love math because of one teacher), and that's a pity. It's usually those teachers that aren't passionate and don't take the time to cater to the students' needs that turn away the class from enjoying the subject for the rest of their academic careers. But on the other side of the spectrum, some teachers really get students fired up and eager to learn Show nested quote +On April 03 2014 07:18 Yorkie wrote:On April 03 2014 06:20 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On April 03 2014 05:37 Yorkie wrote:On April 03 2014 05:26 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On April 03 2014 04:46 neoghaleon55 wrote:
Did you know pi day is also Steak and a Blow Job day? Yup I do You really can't get much better than the Unholy Trinity of Math, Meat, and Fellatio in a single day! On April 03 2014 04:55 Yorkie wrote:
DarkPlasmaBall what classes do you teach? Let me get in on some of those :D Haha last semester was just statistics and precalculus, while this semester is just precalculus and calculus 1 (right now I do a lot of other things besides teach college). Damn I'm in Calc 2 now TT Best of luck! Thanks, although Dr. Corwin doesn't do anything nearly as fun as this stuff  I'm not sure of your professor's personality, but a lot of time educators feel that they aren't able to make class as fun or as interesting because of certain curricular constraints (what they have time to cover) and political pressure (how they need to cover it). Fortunately, there is a lot more freedom as a professor than as a high school teacher, and I was fortunate enough to get a job where my administrators basically tell me "Here's the syllabus, teach it however you want, just get the kids to learn it". And that's really the way it should be; teachers should have more control over how they teach the material, since they're already bound by what content to teach. And I've found that one of the best ways to get students engaged during class is if the professor is enthusiastic (why should students care if the professor doesn't care?), as it tends to become contagious, and if you center the instruction around the students (answering questions, collaborating, etc.) more frequently than you center the instruction around the teacher as a lecturer (direct instruction).
Yeah it's definitely partially due to the curriculum. Especially with the snow day we've been on a tight schedule. He's also fairly distant, speaks very quickly and quietly, and has a very uniform structure to class that I could basically predict by the minute at this point. Gets the job done I suppose, but I find myself drifting off in class and the whole subject feels like a drag. Hasn't hurt my results so far, but I'm going to have to bust my ass studying for this next exam because i haven't been nearly as engaged in class these past few weeks.
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On April 03 2014 10:42 neoghaleon55 wrote:
All kidding aside, I have a lot of respects for mathematicians.
As long as they're not useless.
hehe.
I'm a chemist and there are plenty of useless research floating about.
A few years back I remembered someone presenting the third ionization state of Cesium Oxide under near absolute zero...wth, when is that ever going to be useful?
Who keeps giving these dumb groups all these monies?!
heh.
Yeah I'd imagine there's gotta be something it for the groups funding these super-abstract and seemingly-just-for-fun projects lol
On April 03 2014 10:48 NeuroticPsychosis wrote:I like this one personally: + Show Spoiler +
As do I! Hahahaha
On April 03 2014 10:51 Yorkie wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On April 03 2014 09:04 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2014 06:51 docvoc wrote:Damn I wish I had had you as my math teacher. In high school I had 3 math teachers. One of them reminds me a bit of you in the way you've described your class time and he was literally the most gifted teacher (or at least in the top 3) I'd had up until college (I'd still put him in the top 5 now). The other two were awful. Very cool blog DPB . Haha thanks Yeah it's interesting how much of an impact one teacher can have on a student's perspective on an entire subject. Math seems to be extremely polarizing in this respect, where many students (even in middle school and high school) "hate math" because of one teacher (more commonly than those who love math because of one teacher), and that's a pity. It's usually those teachers that aren't passionate and don't take the time to cater to the students' needs that turn away the class from enjoying the subject for the rest of their academic careers. But on the other side of the spectrum, some teachers really get students fired up and eager to learn Show nested quote +On April 03 2014 07:18 Yorkie wrote:On April 03 2014 06:20 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On April 03 2014 05:37 Yorkie wrote:On April 03 2014 05:26 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On April 03 2014 04:46 neoghaleon55 wrote:
Did you know pi day is also Steak and a Blow Job day? Yup I do You really can't get much better than the Unholy Trinity of Math, Meat, and Fellatio in a single day! On April 03 2014 04:55 Yorkie wrote:
DarkPlasmaBall what classes do you teach? Let me get in on some of those :D Haha last semester was just statistics and precalculus, while this semester is just precalculus and calculus 1 (right now I do a lot of other things besides teach college). Damn I'm in Calc 2 now TT Best of luck! Thanks, although Dr. Corwin doesn't do anything nearly as fun as this stuff I'm not sure of your professor's personality, but a lot of time educators feel that they aren't able to make class as fun or as interesting because of certain curricular constraints (what they have time to cover) and political pressure (how they need to cover it). Fortunately, there is a lot more freedom as a professor than as a high school teacher, and I was fortunate enough to get a job where my administrators basically tell me "Here's the syllabus, teach it however you want, just get the kids to learn it". And that's really the way it should be; teachers should have more control over how they teach the material, since they're already bound by what content to teach. And I've found that one of the best ways to get students engaged during class is if the professor is enthusiastic (why should students care if the professor doesn't care?), as it tends to become contagious, and if you center the instruction around the students (answering questions, collaborating, etc.) more frequently than you center the instruction around the teacher as a lecturer (direct instruction). Yeah it's definitely partially due to the curriculum. Especially with the snow day we've been on a tight schedule. He's also fairly distant, speaks very quickly and quietly, and has a very uniform structure to class that I could basically predict by the minute at this point. Gets the job done I suppose, but I find myself drifting off in class and the whole subject feels like a drag. Hasn't hurt my results so far, but I'm going to have to bust my ass studying for this next exam because i haven't been nearly as engaged in class these past few weeks.
Gotcha. Yeah, I'd like to think that students generally give their professors the benefit of the doubt early on in the semester, but once students realize that the pace and enthusiasm won't pick up, they tend to become disinterested and start to disengage.
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I would recognize Pi day, but there is no 31/4
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On April 03 2014 23:17 a_flayer wrote:
I would recognize Pi day, but there is no 31/4
What about May 1st? :D
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TLADT24920 Posts
On April 03 2014 09:20 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2014 09:17 BigFan wrote:On April 03 2014 04:24 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On April 03 2014 03:46 BigFan wrote:Cool blog! Sounds like those were some fun classes. Also, you are an evil teacher for pulling that April fools joke. Sounds dark to me  Haha touche ^^ Yeah the students had a good time I was hoping you got the reference ^^ ya, it does sound like fun. I think as long as you can show students that you are engaged in teaching as they are in learning and not a straight forward didactic lecture, you'll have their attention and respect as well I did get the reference And I agree with you. Especially at the college level (where they're mature enough to make decisions like not attending class), you definitely need your students' respect if you want them to take your class seriously.
ya, figured as much but double checked lol. Excellent
On April 03 2014 12:11 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2014 10:42 neoghaleon55 wrote:
All kidding aside, I have a lot of respects for mathematicians.
As long as they're not useless.
hehe.
I'm a chemist and there are plenty of useless research floating about.
A few years back I remembered someone presenting the third ionization state of Cesium Oxide under near absolute zero...wth, when is that ever going to be useful?
Who keeps giving these dumb groups all these monies?!
heh.
Yeah I'd imagine there's gotta be something it for the groups funding these super-abstract and seemingly-just-for-fun projects lol As do I! Hahahaha Show nested quote +On April 03 2014 10:51 Yorkie wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On April 03 2014 09:04 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2014 06:51 docvoc wrote:Damn I wish I had had you as my math teacher. In high school I had 3 math teachers. One of them reminds me a bit of you in the way you've described your class time and he was literally the most gifted teacher (or at least in the top 3) I'd had up until college (I'd still put him in the top 5 now). The other two were awful. Very cool blog DPB . Haha thanks Yeah it's interesting how much of an impact one teacher can have on a student's perspective on an entire subject. Math seems to be extremely polarizing in this respect, where many students (even in middle school and high school) "hate math" because of one teacher (more commonly than those who love math because of one teacher), and that's a pity. It's usually those teachers that aren't passionate and don't take the time to cater to the students' needs that turn away the class from enjoying the subject for the rest of their academic careers. But on the other side of the spectrum, some teachers really get students fired up and eager to learn Show nested quote +On April 03 2014 07:18 Yorkie wrote:On April 03 2014 06:20 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On April 03 2014 05:37 Yorkie wrote:On April 03 2014 05:26 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On April 03 2014 04:46 neoghaleon55 wrote:
Did you know pi day is also Steak and a Blow Job day? Yup I do You really can't get much better than the Unholy Trinity of Math, Meat, and Fellatio in a single day! On April 03 2014 04:55 Yorkie wrote:
DarkPlasmaBall what classes do you teach? Let me get in on some of those :D Haha last semester was just statistics and precalculus, while this semester is just precalculus and calculus 1 (right now I do a lot of other things besides teach college). Damn I'm in Calc 2 now TT Best of luck! Thanks, although Dr. Corwin doesn't do anything nearly as fun as this stuff I'm not sure of your professor's personality, but a lot of time educators feel that they aren't able to make class as fun or as interesting because of certain curricular constraints (what they have time to cover) and political pressure (how they need to cover it). Fortunately, there is a lot more freedom as a professor than as a high school teacher, and I was fortunate enough to get a job where my administrators basically tell me "Here's the syllabus, teach it however you want, just get the kids to learn it". And that's really the way it should be; teachers should have more control over how they teach the material, since they're already bound by what content to teach. And I've found that one of the best ways to get students engaged during class is if the professor is enthusiastic (why should students care if the professor doesn't care?), as it tends to become contagious, and if you center the instruction around the students (answering questions, collaborating, etc.) more frequently than you center the instruction around the teacher as a lecturer (direct instruction). Yeah it's definitely partially due to the curriculum. Especially with the snow day we've been on a tight schedule. He's also fairly distant, speaks very quickly and quietly, and has a very uniform structure to class that I could basically predict by the minute at this point. Gets the job done I suppose, but I find myself drifting off in class and the whole subject feels like a drag. Hasn't hurt my results so far, but I'm going to have to bust my ass studying for this next exam because i haven't been nearly as engaged in class these past few weeks. Gotcha. Yeah, I'd like to think that students generally give their professors the benefit of the doubt early on in the semester, but once students realize that the pace and enthusiasm won't pick up, they tend to become disinterested and start to disengage.
there is likely a reason though I don't see how that oxidation state would be important for cesium oxide since you require near absolute zero to achieve it. It could also be just an interest to work with the prof and this is his kind of research, not that it doesn't sound interesting lol.
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On April 04 2014 00:29 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On April 03 2014 23:17 a_flayer wrote:
I would recognize Pi day, but there is no 31/4 What about May 1st? :D
May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii
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On April 04 2014 05:58 Shellshock wrote:Show nested quote +On April 04 2014 00:29 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On April 03 2014 23:17 a_flayer wrote:
I would recognize Pi day, but there is no 31/4 What about May 1st? :D May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii
Yeah well Pi Day is willing to share with steaks and blowjobs, so if you're gonna have a blowjob you might as well get leied too.
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