grad school, languages, and music
Today I think I finally had a break through sort of an experience with my advisor. A class from ESF was visiting our lab and we all had to give them little demos on the sorts of things we do for our research. So I gave them a demo that I originally was dreading, but then had a blast doing. My plan actually illustrated more points than I was expecting it to while still being nice and simple. Afterward, my advisor made the comment "that you are very good at teaching." She is rather anti-teaching... which lead to me not teaching this semester and being rather disappointed in it. I on the other hand am very much into the idea of doing cool research, but also teaching (I like to have influence on my students' views about biology). Anyway, I think she might finally realize that I like to teach, unlike her, and that I am not this younger version of her (who hates teaching). Key here though is: not a younger version of her.
Other stuff:
I've decided to learn French. Turns out that I have free access (with a library card) to some language software through our public library. This has lead to much more productive procrastination.
And now for a question that I'd love all of you to answer:
When you have a song stuck in your head can you hear a difference in the volume and can you hear dynamics?
(I got a lot of odd looks the other night for commenting on this.)
Other stuff:
I've decided to learn French. Turns out that I have free access (with a library card) to some language software through our public library. This has lead to much more productive procrastination.
And now for a question that I'd love all of you to answer:
When you have a song stuck in your head can you hear a difference in the volume and can you hear dynamics?
(I got a lot of odd looks the other night for commenting on this.)