Taka Nuvia

...actually just getting all presents done in time... D:

0.3 is finally getting done properly now that I have the time to work on it with SV. =P It'll be up in a few days.

Awesome! Let me know when it's up! =D

Dieing round 1 is always a sad thing.

Having been the guy at the front of the class trying to get someone (anyone!) from the audience to answer a question, and then no one can answer it, even though you felt as though you have taught the class well enough that they should be able to answer it, can feel as though you've failed. However, introductory physics is something that is not instantly intuitive, and I still make mistakes at it (even though I have many upper-level physics courses under my belt and have TA'd intro labs for several years).

 

As the teacher, though, saying such things like "you should know this already" and "you won't be given information on a silver platter" can be rather damaging to a student who expresses interest in a subject but has not forged the skills necessary to master it. In fact, the second quote bothers me a bit, because while it's true that people won't necessarily hand you information on a silver platter, science is highly collaborative, so if you do get stuck on a research problem there will always be someone whom you can bounce ideas off of and get their input.

 

When I teach, I try to put myself in the student's shoes and try to gauge what experience they've had in the past with such material. In an intro course, I assume very little and try to explain something from the ground up, but in an advanced course I try to push for the students to kind of show me how the problem should be solved, and when they get stuck I try to give them advice on how to get unstuck.

 

Also, HyperPhysics is fantastic. Your drawing is quite adorable, too.

 

I do get that it can be frustrating if you've taught the class before, really. But imagine you have just taken over the course (it's split into two sections...)...

Of course it's annoying if people don't know vital information. I'm currently in a course where I'm basically mentoring/tutoring beginners, and sometimes they don't know background information, either; but I'm already glad if they're showing interest, and at least try to understand what's going on, and use the small bits of information that I can give them.*

As for the quotes, I mean okay, the first one I could accept, too, if we got an explanation, no matter how short, aftwerwards. Something along the lines of "Well it's XYZ*short, compact explanation*, but I strongly suggest that you look it up at home because it's important." That I'd be more than okay with.

Your approach sounds quite sensible to me, actually.

It really is, and thank you! :3

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*now this may go a bit far, but one of the two small groups I'm looking after absolutly doesn't do this. Which causes me headaches, but okay. I too had problems with differential equations (I still have them to this point ^^") but at least I tried to understand them and not simply blamed it on incompetence of the teacher. So yeah, I really get how it's frustrating. (am I contradicting myself yet? I hope not...)

Congratulations on getting published! =D

And I understood at least 80% of the Virial Theorem, so I am very happy now. (and I feel like pointing out once again that I really love the Equation of the day. ^^)

I think next time there's something like a villager bullet I'll join the random bloodshed, because my chances of surviving the first round are apparently low. xD

I actually noticed them this morning. I like them. =D

Yay, thank you! =D

 

No, we aren't. Is it recommendable, though? =)

If by 'it' you mean Griffiths' anything book, then YES! The way he writes is conversational and snarky at times (he doesn't take himself too seriously). I'm currently on and off reading his Introduction to Elementary Particles for fun, and it's pretty fantastic.

 

I want the puppet show, too! =D *ahem*

Hey now, I want the puppet show as well. (As long as I don't have to pay shipping and handling.)

Clearly I must make a video of a puppet show explaining this stuff for all to see. It'll be like minutephysics, but with puppets.

 

 

I should really look into the book(s?) then, sounds very good to me! =D

And yes, puppet show! I love that concept. :3

The strong force is also what holds individual protons and neutrons together (specifically, the up and down quarks that make them up). The residual strong force, which holds nuclei together, is like the residual Coulomb force, which holds the atoms in molecules together.

 

Is this a particle physics course? And if so, are you using Griffiths' textbook?

 

Also, Tekulo, I can give you the lecture, quick intro, and puppet show. 8D

 

Hm. That's interesting to know! =D

Yeah, no, kind of. It's the third Introduction to Physics course, dealing with some particle physics and some quantum thingies; it's an introduction course though, so things aren't done in that much detail, at least as far as I can tell.

No, we aren't. Is it recommendable, though? =)

I want the puppet show, too! =D *ahem*

I was always confused on why the strong force existed in the first place... buuuut I'm probably getting way ahead of myself and will have to attend two lectures, a quick intro course and a puppet show to fully grasp the explanation.

 

Cute doodle, by the way. ^^

Hm... maybe I'll be able to answer your question within the rest of this semester. (And nah, then the explanation isn't good enough ^^)

Thank you! :3

I remember being in school. Ah, the days before taxes and working holidays and the horrors of other things. (Actually it's not that bad. You just need to find a job first. =P)

...university, actually. =P

...I'm 100% positive I already commented on this. Oh well. (oh wait, looking at the date I have an idea why my reply disappeared ^^")

This is awesome. At some point I guess I'll have to do the same.

Urrrkkk that sounds so annoying. D=

It is :/

What kinda sound is "GSHHHH"?

An annoyed hissing sound, I suppose? At least that's what it sounds like IMO.

Well, the snow didn't stay, which I am actually grateful for because in cities it always turns into that awful greyish mud-stuff... :/

It was an awesome game (no, not because I won xD although, it's been the first time that's ever happened, so I am happy about it ^^)

Also, even if I am repeating myself, the scenes were great. All of them.

All that rhyming was quite amusing,

and fitting and working well with the role.

Perfect was every word he been using,

as well as the increase of the death toll.

My rhyming abilities are a bit rusty,

I hope that it is not too bad,

as horrible as a last villager's trusting,

'cause if so I'd rather be singing instead.

D=

 

 

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Indeed.

Normally I find that if you just take a break and draw nonsensical squiggles you'll eventually wind up with modern art. =P

But if I can't even draw nonsensical squiggles? D:

I know just how you feel, though usually more for writing. Sometimes you just can't get a single line right. Or less than that. And then "those days" stretch out into weeks.

Oh dear... yes, I suppose art block and writer's block are more or less the same, or at lest very, very similar...

^This. Although not as often these days, because of the awesomeness of willpower.

 

But drawing is harder in that respect, because you kinda have to start with a picture in your head, and if the pictures aren't coming, you have more trouble. (I am speaking from limited drawing experience, but from what I know... )

Apart from the pictures not coming, there's something even worse: if you see the pictures, but you just can't. Draw. Them. And the more you try to, the more vague the image in your mind becomes and the more horrible the drawing turns out. ><

To be mentored, I think.

'kay, then I'll add that to the list... ^^

Thanks everyone, you're all too kind... :3

I normally just choose a random drawing I've still got lying around and take a piece of that.

I have to say that my experience for the last few years tended to be the opposite: I always walked out thinking I nailed it and then...

 

But congratulations.

I'm sorry to hear that! D:

But thanks. :3

Congrats! That is great! =D

Thank you! =D

Oh, nice. What subject was it?

 

 

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Mathematical Methods of Physics 1. Mostly stuff like differential equations and complex analysis.

HIT me! (:3)

Does that mean you're willing to mentor, or to be mentored? :3

Happy birthday! =D

...you know, somehow I think the song always fits. Just replace '18' with the current age, and I'm kinda sure it might still work (at least it does for me ^^)

Yay!!!

I'm happy for you. :3

 

- Indigo Individual

Thank you! =D