"Hey Sterlace why don't you have a PhD? Why don't you get a PhD?" Almost every person I know who has been in a PhD program talks about how terrible the experience was. No, thanks.
New data on PhD student mental health: "By the 5th year of studies, the likelihood that PhD candidates needed mental-health medications had increased by 40%, compared with the year before study" This is why, when giving advice to students, I always mention self care www.nature.com/articles/d41...
PhD students in Sweden accessed mental-health services at increasing rates as their studies went on.
My son is named “Milo” for a reason. That reason is that my wife rejected “Chewbacca” out of hand. But also Bloom County.
Live Physics Time Thursday 6:45a: How I handle the aftermath of the first conceptual physics test. #iTeachPhysicsjacobsphysics.mixlr.com
Live Physics Time - Greg walks his dog and answers your physics or physics teaching questions
Still not true. "We're learning..." No, "We knew." Sorta like a student saying "I didn't know we weren't allowed to bully freshmen into buying t-shirts during study hall." Still, any progress is good progress.
Live Physics Time Thursday 6:45a: How I handle the aftermath of the first conceptual physics test. #iTeachPhysicsjacobsphysics.mixlr.com
Live Physics Time - Greg walks his dog and answers your physics or physics teaching questions
I notice that when I call static friction "traction" my students immediately understand the difference between static and kinetic friction and why rolling requires static friction. 🎢
This is one that I genuinely think will be printed in history books one day to show how insane American media culture became. CBS News presenting ethnic cleansing as a housing policy to be compared with home construction tax incentives.
Live Physics Time 6:45a Wednesday Oct 2: The Physics Classroom, and the AP Translating Between Representations question. I'll talk about how I'm assigning The Physics Classroom interactives next week in AP, and how I use these at the conceptual level as well. #iTeachPhysicsjacobsphysics.mixlr.com
Live Physics Time - Greg walks his dog and answers your physics or physics teaching questions
Live Physics Time 6:45a Wednesday Oct 2: The Physics Classroom, and the AP Translating Between Representations question. I'll talk about how I'm assigning The Physics Classroom interactives next week in AP, and how I use these at the conceptual level as well. #iTeachPhysicsjacobsphysics.mixlr.com
Live Physics Time - Greg walks his dog and answers your physics or physics teaching questions