If we keep getting this X!OXZ! snow, the neighbors will be increasing their vocabulary as they hear me shout as I shovel and snowblow! Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Psychology Saginaw Valley State University 989-964-4491 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/02/04 4:20 PM >>> Don's link below also has a sidebar on the old eskimo-snow story in which they actually give the alleged words and their definitions. Given that they refer to them as Eskimos, which I don't think is the modern terminology, it makes me wonder. So, is it true that there are actually 22 words for snow in their language? I found no citation in the article for those words. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/faculty/rfroman.asp -----Original Message----- From: don allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 2:57 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: Random Thought: Students and Snowflakes Of course, if you wanted to teach students something about science instead of just mouthing platitudes you could direct them to this web site. http://www.suntimes.com/output/lifestyles/cst-nws-zay14.html Don Allen Psychology Dept. Langara College 100 W. 49th Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 2Z6 Canada 604-323-5871 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis_Schmier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 4:22 AM Subject: Random Thought: Students and Snowflakes > "I should hardly admire them more if real starsand lodged on my > coat," Thoreau wrote. and lodged on my coat," Thoreau wrote of > snowflakes. I was reading an article about snowflakes. Snowflakes. No > two snowflakes follow the same path of creation. No two snowflakes fall > to earth by the same course. No two snowflakes are alike. Over the course > of its life a snowflake may go through many different stages of growth, > experience a host of different influences, as the wind dances it from > cloud to cloud, from drier to moister or warmer or cooler environs, all of > them leaving their marks on the final flake. A snowflake is a dance > between destiny and contingency. A snowflake is a collision of physical > law and chance. Each snowflake is vaunted individuality. Each snowflake > is a marvel of uniqueness. Each snowflake has a distinctive beauty. > > Sounds like a student, doesn't it. And, we should be no less > amazed at and enchanted by him or her. > > Make it a good day. > > --Louis-- > > > Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com > Department of History www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html > Valdosta State University > Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /~\ /\ /\ > (229-333-5947) /^\ / \ / /~ \ /~\__/\ > / \__/ \/ / /\ /~ \ > /\/\-/ /^\___\______\_______/__/_______/^\ > -_~ / "If you want to climb mountains, \ /^\ > _ _ / don't practice on mole hills" -\____ > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
