Today was better than yesterday
There were a few gems today.
I took my test and I'm fairly certain I passed. I won't say more than that, though, because I second-guessed myself on possibly the second easiest question on the exam. I changed a right answer. *headdesk* The easiest question asked what it means if the divergence of the magnetic flux density, also known as B but which shouldn't be known as the magnetic inductance, equals zero. That question made my day.
I also found out that a paper on which I am a co-author was accepted for the Antennas and Propagation Society (APS) conference.
I wish scientists and engineers weren't so fond of TLAs. I don't know how often I've been talking to Mike and one of us will mention APS. I always think he's talking about the American Physical Society, and he thinks I'm talking about Antennas and Propagation Society. Usually we're five minutes into something before the other one realizes they were on a completely different page, and then we have to start over.
In my teaching class, we practiced a technique called "structured controversy". It involves getting people to have a discussion about both sides of an issue. The issue we discussed was anthropogenic global warming (of course, debating the anthropogenic). While it certainly didn't make me change my view, the one thing that became obvious to me was why people might question it. We had someone who didn't believe in the arguments against AGW but was extremely articulate in reiterating them.
The best one, however, was when someone said, "You think cows make a lot of methane...what about the dinosaurs!?"
I took my test and I'm fairly certain I passed. I won't say more than that, though, because I second-guessed myself on possibly the second easiest question on the exam. I changed a right answer. *headdesk* The easiest question asked what it means if the divergence of the magnetic flux density, also known as B but which shouldn't be known as the magnetic inductance, equals zero. That question made my day.
I also found out that a paper on which I am a co-author was accepted for the Antennas and Propagation Society (APS) conference.
I wish scientists and engineers weren't so fond of TLAs. I don't know how often I've been talking to Mike and one of us will mention APS. I always think he's talking about the American Physical Society, and he thinks I'm talking about Antennas and Propagation Society. Usually we're five minutes into something before the other one realizes they were on a completely different page, and then we have to start over.
In my teaching class, we practiced a technique called "structured controversy". It involves getting people to have a discussion about both sides of an issue. The issue we discussed was anthropogenic global warming (of course, debating the anthropogenic). While it certainly didn't make me change my view, the one thing that became obvious to me was why people might question it. We had someone who didn't believe in the arguments against AGW but was extremely articulate in reiterating them.
The best one, however, was when someone said, "You think cows make a lot of methane...what about the dinosaurs!?"