Still needs more cowbell. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected]
P.S. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the joys of cowbell, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_cowbell On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:36:42 -0800, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: Here's your pony! (set to a monospaced font, like Courier) > > > _(\_/) > ,((((^`\ > (((( (6 \ > ,((((( , \ > ,,,_ ,((((( /"._ ,`, > ((((\\ ,... ,(((( / `-.-' > ))) ;' `"'"'""(((( ( > ((( / ((( \ > )) | | > (( | . ' | > )) \ _ ' `t ,.') > ( | y;- -,-""'"-.\ \/ > ) / ./ ) / `\ \ > |./ ( ( / /' > || \\ //'| > jgs || \\ _//'|| > || )) |_/ || > \_\ |_/ || > `'" \_\ > `'" > >And, here are a bunch of unique snowflakes. > > * . * > . _\/ \/_ . > \ \ / / . . > .. .. -==>: X :<==- _\/ \/_ > '\ /' / _/ \_ \ _\/\/_ > \\// ' /\ /\ ' _\_\_\/\/_/_/_ > _.__\\\///__._ * ' * / /_/\/\_\ \ > ' ///\\\ ' _/\/\_ > //\\ /\ /\ > ./ \. ._ _. ' ' > '' '' (_) (_) <> \ / <> > .\::/. \_\/ \/_/ > .:. _.=._\\//_.=._ \\// > .. \o/ .. '=' //\\ '=' _<>_\_\<>/_/_<>_ > :o| | |o: '/::\' <> / /<>\ \ <> > ~ '. ' .' ~ (_) (_) _ _ _ //\\ _ > >O< ' ' /_/ \_\ / /\ /\ \ > _ .' . '. _ \\// <> / \ <> > :o| | |o: /\_\\><//_/\ > '' /o\ '' '.| |.' \/ //><\\ \/ > ':' . ~~\ /~~ . _//\\_ >jgs _\_._\/_._/_ \_\ /_/ > / ' /\ ' \ \o/ > o ' __/ \__ ' _o/.:|:.\o_ > o : o ' .'| |'. .\:|:/. > '.\'/.' . -=>>::>o<::<<=- > :->@<-: : _ '/:|:\' _ > .'/.\'. '.___/*\___.' o\':|:'/o > o : o \* \ / */ /o\ > o >--X--< > /*_/ \_*\ > .' \*/ '. > : > ' > >>From http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/ > >Happy Snow Day, East Coast and Southland! > >Paul >On 3/2/09 8:17 AM, "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 12:38:20 -0500, Louis Schmier wrote: >> We talk of classroom diversity in the traditional racial, gender, ethnic, >> religious, and whatever terms only too often to cluster students into >> simplistic, >> distorting, and misleading racial, gender, ethnic, religious, etc, etc, etc >> stereotypes in >> the classroom. Let me give you a cold fact I've discovered about true >> classroom >> diversity. Students are like snowflakes: no two are the same; none is >> necessarily >> symmetrical; each is spectacular; each gives you the chills. >> And, that's not a snow job. > > A few points: > > (1) Needs more cowbell. > > (2) You're saying that students are all alike, that is, each is unique. > > (3) If we think of the differences among students in factor analysis > terms, namely, systematic variance (i.e., common variance and > specific variance) and error/random variance, then are you saying > (a) there is no common variance? > (b) there is only specific variance and error variance? > (c) there is only error variance? > If (c), then that would explain a lot about students. > > (4) You do not provide a "snow job"; the weather is doing a wonderful > job of that today. However, I do believe that there has to be a pony > hidden somewhere in your post. > > Make it a snow day. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
