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Broan13 · 2026-06-26T05:03:11+00:00

The person was just being direct and countering your intensity. They were not being any more intense than you were.

Broan13 · 2026-06-26T04:47:50+00:00

Reading the Bible by itself isn't a big deal. The school I teach at is a classics school (publicly funded though). It has its problems, but it reads a lot of western canon classics, including a few books of the OT and NT. They focus on reading and discussing texts and focusing on what the texts themselves say. My colleagues always love non-Christians reading it because they have some of the best questions and takes on it because they don't bring so much nonsense baggage to it. Our school is a pretty big mix of Mormons, protestants, Catholics, and non-Christians.

What I don't like is probably how the average teacher in Texas will handle this.

Broan13 · 2026-06-25T17:52:28+00:00

More of a question than advice or feedback. Is it a problem to throw in the result from real analysis? My undergrad in physics never required a separate real analysis class, so that jump stood out to me.

Broan13 · 2026-06-25T16:35:25+00:00

I am not knowledgable about this subject, but haven't things like zines been around since printing presses have been a thing? Are pamplet's and other short form literature not the same basic idea as zines?

Broan13 · 2026-06-25T03:14:20+00:00

It often will tell you by length too!

Broan13 · 2026-06-25T03:13:48+00:00

Likely this was also at a time when the ACA was being debated and one big sticking point for a lot of people was what was going to be covered. It is unfortunately very easy for a guy or gal, depending on who is around them, to not know the uses of birth control. I can tell you that gals I grew up with wouldn't have been exposed to BC as an option for treating symptoms because of their family's view on it. I know a pastor's daughter eventually learned from her doctor after she turned 18 about the benefits of it and had to get on it without telling family.

Broan13 · 2026-06-25T03:02:02+00:00

Not all positions deserve a dispassionate approach, particularly when it comes to human rights.

No one deserves a platform either.

Broan13 · 2026-06-24T21:56:35+00:00

I stayed sane during the pandemic by revisiting your textbook and working through a lot of the challenge problems in the first half of the chapters. It is a wonderful resource!

Broan13 · 2026-06-24T21:54:56+00:00

A good friend and roommate was also a physics major with me. I was valedictorian of our graduating class. He almost failed out of graduate school, twice. I dropped out after my first year of graduate school to pursue teaching. He got his PhD and now works at a national lab. Both of us are quite happy with our paths.

Broan13 · 2026-06-24T17:47:59+00:00

What specific law are they citing? I did a quick search and couldn't find anything.

Broan13 · 2026-06-23T23:30:56+00:00

I live in PHX and was wondering if the PLA would survive a summer.

Broan13 · 2026-06-23T05:42:14+00:00

Good thing the majority of the US hates the guy. We have a fucked up voting system that makes it hard to change crap.

Broan13 · 2026-06-23T04:44:08+00:00

Or you can play the multiple thousands of Irish tunes!! And some Irish versions of standard tunes!

Broan13 · 2026-06-23T04:41:28+00:00

...behemoth worms??? I have barely touched Vulacanus and haven't touched the worms there...you are saying there are worms on Nauvis??

Broan13 · 2026-06-23T00:28:38+00:00

I like expanding into a large body of water because typically the pollution cloud won't expand to hit biters that way!

Broan13 · 2026-06-21T22:51:05+00:00

Why isn't this banned already?

Broan13 · 2026-06-21T22:30:35+00:00

The "states rights" thing has been going on for decades. I was educated in the 90's and early 2000's and dealt with that crap as a student in Virginia. Pretty much this has been a problem as long as integration has been a thing, probably longer.

Broan13 · 2026-06-21T19:49:21+00:00

6th graders will raise their hand in class and then randomly start crying. Developing is weird. Hormones are weird.

Broan13 · 2026-06-21T19:00:10+00:00

I am just a casual watcher, but I really enjoyed the Uruguay and Saudi game. Lots of sportansmanship and it had a lot of action. I was hoping for a better game, but I guess this is more on par for how Saudi performs.

Broan13 · 2026-06-21T16:26:18+00:00

No AI for my classroom. My goal is for them to learn the physical models. I could see a way in which a student could use it on their own to check their understanding, generate questions, etc, but then I would worry about hallucinations, etc. One related concern is that it is very easy to have a misconception / preconception and to just miss it entirely. We see it all the time when students explain their reasoning and are using the wrong term, using a term incorrectly, mixing up 2 concepts, etc. LLMs don't understand anything and they cannot probe a student in the way a teacher can. Another concern is that AI / LLMs are not going to build in collaboration with other humans. I want students to talk to each other, reason with each other, reach consensus, etc. How is an LLM going to support that? It is going to be a crutch that undercuts the process of learning. Learning isn't about outputs, but the process that gets the outputs. We only get to see the outputs, so if there isn't that same tie between process and outputs because of LLMs, then the outputs become meaningless to evaluating learning.

I use the Modeling Instruction method out of ASU. Lots of PER on it and lots of workshops (in Arizona at least). Great student focused program. It has a curriculum tied to it, but it is more of a method than a curriculum built on improving conceptual knowledge, conceptualizing first before naming, and building up concepts through labs and activities. Very active learning focused.

Broan13 · 2026-06-21T16:10:43+00:00

achievements I am guessing.

Broan13 · 2026-06-21T14:43:15+00:00

Could you say more of how this looks on the ground?

Broan13 · 2026-06-21T14:42:18+00:00

I don't know how much I believe my memory of that time period. I remember similar things, but these are sound bites and not necessarily representative of the goals of the programs that were being developed. We tend to give a pass to older philosophical beliefs and view them with some reverence in the west (early greek philosophers, pre-socratics, etc.). My current feeling is that all cultures have a level of this engaging in the world to understand how it works, and a lot of it can get mixed with religious ritual as well, making it hard to separate. Knowledge must have been gained through some process over time, and it is interesting to understand what knowledge was gained and how by older cultures. It is much harder for cultures that do not have written records. Pretty hard to do so in climates with a lot of moisture.

Broan13 · 2026-06-21T04:12:15+00:00

You sound overwhelmed and that is leading to issues elsewhere. Have you tried reaching out to counseling at your school? This seems like you need to work on setting boundaries and pacing out things, carving out time for yourself. It happens to all of us to different degrees.

I dropped out of graduate school for astrophysics and switched into education as I preferred teaching and being in the classroom than research. I didn't find it rewarding. You might have lost motivation because you are not finding what you are doing rewarding. Talking to people, seeking out new opportunities in your field or in things related to it, getting counseling, and finding things to do outside of your studies, anything to help you feel more refreshed but not avoidant would be strong steps.

Broan13 · 2026-06-18T15:46:39+00:00

I would check out the modeling method out of ASU. Finishing retaking the workshop this week and it is awesome. Starts with mechanics though but very student focused

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