{"id":4363,"date":"2009-12-23T08:26:37","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T08:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/12\/23\/links-for-2009-12-23\/"},"modified":"2009-12-23T08:26:37","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T08:26:37","slug":"links-for-2009-12-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/12\/23\/links-for-2009-12-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for 2009-12-23"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boscoh.com\/science\/youre-just-not-that-into-science\">Trapped in the USA: You&#8217;re Just Not that into Science<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;It&#8217;s sad to say this but most people I work with are just not that into science. It&#8217;s not that they&#8217;re not good at it &#8211; they clearly are &#8211; it&#8217;s just that they&#8217;re interested only in their little niche, and are thoroughly satisfied with all that it entails.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/writing\">writing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/essay\">essay<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jimhines.livejournal.com\/482243.html\">Jim C. Hines &#8211; Are Booksignings Worth It?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Define &#8220;worth it.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/publishing\">publishing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/sf\">sf<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/business\">business<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/22\/science\/space\/22teachers.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss\">Teachers Defy Gravity to Gain Students&#8217; Interest &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">High-school teaches take parabolic flights to simulate low gravity and impress their students. Somebody named Grover Whitehurst is a soulless grouch.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/space\">space<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/physicsworld.com\/cws\/article\/news\/41286\">Top 10 books for 2009 &#8211; physicsworld.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">You have to like any list that starts off with &#8220;The Physics of Rugby&#8221;&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/sports\">sports<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/rugby\">rugby<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/history\">history<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/lists\">lists<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/dotphysics\/2009\/12\/student_evaluations.php\">Student Evaluations : Dot Physics<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;We have on our evaluation form (which is filled with useless questions) the following question:<\/p>\n<p>Agree-Disagree: Instructor starts and ends class on time (1 &#8211; Strongly disagree&#8230;.6 &#8211; Strongly agree)<\/p>\n<p>I pick this question because it has a definite answer. Essentially, everyone should agree on this answer (including the instructor). For the past few years, I have been very careful to EXACTLY start and end class on time (and I mean down to the exact second). It has kind of become a game of mine. So, everyone should agree with the starting and ending class question, right? Well, no. I don&#8217;t get 6&#8217;s on this question. The scores I get are similar to the scores for the more subjective questions. 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