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I'm playing a questions game via zhaneel69:
1) What type of reactions are you playing with right now?
Well, the last reaction I did involved a flavin and acetic acid or sodium bicarbonate. Yes, you read that right. I made a cabbage pH indicator and tested it with vinegar and baking soda.
I left the lab about a year ago and am working at a local children's museum 12-15 hours a week. Unfortunately, chemistry for very young children requires staff or volunteer help, and we just don't have those resources on a regular basis. The Science Coordinator and I have been talking about revamping the science room, though. Maybe next year we can make some progress towards that goal.
2) Have you experienced the same gender glass ceiling that I encountered when I was working in Chemistry or is it rarer than I believe?
Hmm. Not that I noticed, but I'm often pretty oblivious to social and political maneuverings.
In grad school there was a decent sprinkling of women in our group, and they didn't seem to be treated differently.
When I was a working chemist, there weren't very many women in the R&D department, but I attributed that to most of the employees there being of an older generation. Just before I left, one of my female peers was promoted to a group leader position. One of the R&D directors in our division was a woman. There weren't really any women above her; I don't know if that was a "glass ceiling" issue or not as I never spoke to her about it.
What I've seen is not so much limitations if one is female, but limitations if one has family commitments. I met three women in manager/director type positions. Two did not have children. The third had one child and a stay-at-home spouse. My take home lesson from the "real world" was if you really want to get ahead, don't have children.
3) Is Istvan still working insanely late nights?
Not at the moment. There's been a pretty big shake-up on the project in the last month, so everyone's sticking to 40 hour weeks until the dust settles. After that, who knows.
4) What race do you think you'll be when JGE comes out?
I love hunting 'roids. Quantar's in my blood. ;-) That said, I probably won't play JGE when it comes out. Computer games are so far down at the bottom of my list these days there's no point in wasting money on MMORPG subscription fees.
5) Share a story of your Bean? I love them muchly.
Hasn't anyone told you it's dangerous to ask a mother about her children? They'll go on for hours! But since you asked, I have something to share.
First, some background information:
1. The Bean is a typical little boy in several ways - cars and trucks are his favorite things. Construction trucks, fire trucks, and police cars are especially neat.
2. Istvan generally reads the Bean's bedtime stories. Istvan got tired of Dr. Seuss and other such children's books, so he pulled out such classics as "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" and "The Hobbit". Bean doesn't fully comprehend the stories, but he loves listening to his daddy read them.
One day last summer while riding in the car, we saw a police car driving on the road ahead of us, which prompted the following conversation.
Bean: I wish I could buy a police car.
Mommy: A real police car or a toy police car?
Bean: A real police car.
Mommy: Nobody can buy a police car.
Bean: Why not?
Mommy: It's illegal. You have to be a policeman to buy a police car.
Bean: Oh. Maybe I can grow up to be a policeman after I grow up to be a dwarf.
Anyone interested can play the game as follows:
* Leave me a comment saying "One, two, many, lots."
* I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity.
* Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
* Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.
1) What type of reactions are you playing with right now?
Well, the last reaction I did involved a flavin and acetic acid or sodium bicarbonate. Yes, you read that right. I made a cabbage pH indicator and tested it with vinegar and baking soda.
I left the lab about a year ago and am working at a local children's museum 12-15 hours a week. Unfortunately, chemistry for very young children requires staff or volunteer help, and we just don't have those resources on a regular basis. The Science Coordinator and I have been talking about revamping the science room, though. Maybe next year we can make some progress towards that goal.
2) Have you experienced the same gender glass ceiling that I encountered when I was working in Chemistry or is it rarer than I believe?
Hmm. Not that I noticed, but I'm often pretty oblivious to social and political maneuverings.
In grad school there was a decent sprinkling of women in our group, and they didn't seem to be treated differently.
When I was a working chemist, there weren't very many women in the R&D department, but I attributed that to most of the employees there being of an older generation. Just before I left, one of my female peers was promoted to a group leader position. One of the R&D directors in our division was a woman. There weren't really any women above her; I don't know if that was a "glass ceiling" issue or not as I never spoke to her about it.
What I've seen is not so much limitations if one is female, but limitations if one has family commitments. I met three women in manager/director type positions. Two did not have children. The third had one child and a stay-at-home spouse. My take home lesson from the "real world" was if you really want to get ahead, don't have children.
3) Is Istvan still working insanely late nights?
Not at the moment. There's been a pretty big shake-up on the project in the last month, so everyone's sticking to 40 hour weeks until the dust settles. After that, who knows.
4) What race do you think you'll be when JGE comes out?
I love hunting 'roids. Quantar's in my blood. ;-) That said, I probably won't play JGE when it comes out. Computer games are so far down at the bottom of my list these days there's no point in wasting money on MMORPG subscription fees.
5) Share a story of your Bean? I love them muchly.
Hasn't anyone told you it's dangerous to ask a mother about her children? They'll go on for hours! But since you asked, I have something to share.
First, some background information:
1. The Bean is a typical little boy in several ways - cars and trucks are his favorite things. Construction trucks, fire trucks, and police cars are especially neat.
2. Istvan generally reads the Bean's bedtime stories. Istvan got tired of Dr. Seuss and other such children's books, so he pulled out such classics as "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" and "The Hobbit". Bean doesn't fully comprehend the stories, but he loves listening to his daddy read them.
One day last summer while riding in the car, we saw a police car driving on the road ahead of us, which prompted the following conversation.
Bean: I wish I could buy a police car.
Mommy: A real police car or a toy police car?
Bean: A real police car.
Mommy: Nobody can buy a police car.
Bean: Why not?
Mommy: It's illegal. You have to be a policeman to buy a police car.
Bean: Oh. Maybe I can grow up to be a policeman after I grow up to be a dwarf.
Anyone interested can play the game as follows:
* Leave me a comment saying "One, two, many, lots."
* I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity.
* Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
* Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.