tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post981433933284903578..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Science, dogma, and the American Waydoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-16761252607675423252016-08-05T19:20:55.952-04:002016-08-05T19:20:55.952-04:00Dear Kate,
It's why we love what we do, and w...Dear Kate,<br /><br />It's why we love what we do, and why we do it. We've both been blessed--and we're both lucky to know this.<br /><br />Thanks, as always, for the words. =)<br />doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-47756901727625320142016-08-05T10:39:46.223-04:002016-08-05T10:39:46.223-04:00I was at an unusually interesting PD many years ag...I was at an unusually interesting PD many years ago (not so interesting however that I remember the name of the presenter) and he (for I do remember that it was a man) said that in our classes a generous statistic is that 10% of the students there will follow you into your field - a branch o the sciences, mathematics, literature study, language - we don't teach to them. We teach to the 90% (conservative number) who may see no use for the things that we love. So we want them to understand how a particular field of study is a part of their day. How fiction can help them stand in the footsteps of anyone in this world or in an imagined world. How good writing is never a bad thing. And so when a student comes into my classroom and asks aloud to no one in particular, "Why is it raining?" (I have two walls of windows) I reply, "Do you want a metaphoric answer or a physical science answer?" <br />"Both."<br />"Then to quote Jimi Hendrix, 'The sky is crying.'" and then I explained about warm wet and cold dry air pressure cells and condensation particulate.<br />"How do you know all that?"<br />"It's interesting, don't you think? I remember interesting things."<br />Keep making it real, Dr. Doyle. The 90% thank you. Kate Thttp://tabor330.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com