On 24 Dec 2012 at 22:02, David Nelson wrote: > I have tried for many years (24 now) to teach ... the concepts. I've > done demonstrations, had the students do experiments, and a host of > other things and still I get students who don't get it. I don't think I > fall into your "None of their teachers..." statement. Be careful with > those absolute type of statements,
My apologies. You're right, I made too sweeping of a statement. I grew up in the era when America had recently been stunned by the Soviet Union's initial leadership in space exploration. Science was a priority and although I ended up in a liberal arts field I still got a good science education. (Having a father who encouraged it didn't hurt.) Today I work at a university, so I meet college students. It saddens and frustrates me to encounter many who seem to have no clue about basic physics. Apologies too for pulling this thread off topic. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
