Arri London said...

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>> > LOL between my own school days and my time as a science teacher, that
>> > chill will never go away LOL.
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>> Arri,
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>> In 10th grade high school Physics 101, teach showed us (using a car
>> battery) why we shouldn't contact electric poles between +/- poles.
Pretty
>> dramatic display. He lived, dammit!
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>> Honestly, he was a great teacher! I remembered the lesson, if that makes
>> any difference.
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> That's always the telling point. My school science teachers often took
> life in hand to make a decent demo. Nowadays that sort of thing isn't
> allowed, which makes it a bit more boring for student and teacher alike.


Arri,

By 12th grade, I was the only student who enrolled in Physics class. It was
actually a pretty dismal curriculum like you alluded to. Even the teacher
suffered ennui!

Andy