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The Topic of the Day is: Sunday, March 26, 2006 | |
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I wonder really if I should stop considering research and become a high school physics teacher. It has been a playful thought at the back of my mind for some time now--I don't know how long. But my original physics experience was so delightful. I remember loving the in class discussions about how things worked--hating the homework? I don't remember, but I do remember it being easy to get an A on, if not necessarily easy to do. So if I had put in an ounce of effort in that class it would have been simplistic (though since I didn't of course it was a bit of a challenge) But the topics we covered were the same (almost) to the intro physics series here, without the scary part of the math Do I really like physics? do I like it enough to do research in it? Or do I just like talking about it, acquiring knowledge about it and then sharing that knowledge with others? Why can't I seem to enjoy gaining math knowledge about it? But ... then... if I think about it... I *do* enjoy the math. I love Lagrangians now because I understand them. It's all in comprehension, which is dependent upon effort. So if I try, can I love what I do? But at a very basic level I seem to be drawn more towards teaching introductory physics than to teaching upper level physics courses. And the idea of spreading that joy, that knowledge--in a way combined with the simplicity and ease of the high school level. The more I think about it the more I begin to believe that my solid belief that I will enjoy teaching at a basic level can be combined with the as yet unconfirmed belief that I will enjoy true research--I could do intro series in college. But then I feel bad for gipping the high schools out of their science teachers. That's a core question. How important is it to me to give back to my community? Not that really--how important is it to me that I work to remedy the problems that I see in the system, that I work to provide a role model for those high schoolers (even middle schoolers!) that need a solid science female role model at a young age in order to be successful later. I wonder if I could split my time between the school system and a university. would anyone pay for that? *wonders* |
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***Tbook1 (Time and Chaos, needs a new name, needs to be edited) ***Book of Sun (Just needs to be edited. Tis a Nano novel) ***Book of Whispers part 1 (Does not jive at all with part 2; needs to be rewritten to fit and to have less suckage) ***Book of Whispers part 2 (Needs some rehaul editing, needs some loose ends tied up, needs to fit) ***Book of Whispers part 3 (Needs to be finished... then needs to die o.o Not sure if I need a third part in the series) ***Dium's Story (Needs a point, progress, anything... needs to be integrated into Tbook1, since that is what it is a part of, mainly) ***Trio Story with Jackie and Louise (Maybe we should get together and work on this, guys) ***Demon Story (This is working out pretty good so far. I like the plot, it's a bit convoluted, and the characters are interesting) ***New Witch Story (It's only 30 pages long, dang) ***Dragon's Voices (This has SO much potential! wee!) | |
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