so Dourmashkin was unusually dorky today... there were 8th graders in the class... how cute! also course evaluations... I got there like 10 minutes late, so yeah... I felt bad too, b/c he was right at the door and all... I'm glad I at least didn't bring my paper... (which is due in an hour and a half ( Read more... )

taken from the course notes:

Reflections of True Love
(a) A light bulb puts out 100 W of electromagnetic radiation. What is the time-average intensity of radiation from this light bulb at a distance of one meter from the bulb? What are the maximum values of electric and magnetic fields, and 0E0B, at this same distance from the bulb? Assume a plane ( Read more... )

went to Joannopoulos' physics review *early* yesterday morning (9 am) and was rather amused. I can see why people have problems with his teaching if he teaches his class like he does reviews, but the guy was rather amusing. and knew everyone's names! take that, Dourmashkin! and had the most awesome accent ever (a NY accent? I know little about such ( Read more... )

TEAL sure has gone through a lot of crap through the years...

I must say, though, that it seems better than it was a few years ago. a petition in '03 signed by 150 students? frequent typos in the powerpoints? putting a TEAL room in the student center?? a significantly larger number of experiments?

my favorite, though, is Walter Lewin saying, "the ( Read more... )

Dourmashkin is the dorkiest professor *ever*.

I want him to teach 8.033 so badly. or all my physics classes, really. but especially 8.033.

so apparently, since Walter Lewin traumatized Dourmashkin away from research or something (long story), he now sponsors anime seminars...

oh, Dourmashkin, how we love you. (platonically, of course) he was also involved with "Lego Robotics," "The Art of Color,"  and "Integrating Anthropology and Technology: A Hands-On Approach." and this was all in ( Read more... )

so omg I got a 95 on the physics test today!! ahem... that means I have a B test average now, which should tell you something about my situation in 8.02 before today. if I keep this up, I just might be able to get an A in physics... I'm so excited! my theory is that it was b/c I was having fun during the test... so apparently I'm only capable of ( Read more... )