Recent content by Student100

I'll be there, you're buying right?

IQ score is meaningless. Not just "not telling you the whole picture" it's literally wipe your butt with it and set it on fire worthless. If you've gotten mostly Cs in high school you need to figure out out why that is and fix it. Not just "kinda think about it and think I know why" but...

Because I can think of no better way to become a pariah within the department.

There is no good advice. Going to the dean or chair is certainty no better.

Okay? The professors life/personality doesn't revolve around you though, nor does anyone else. You need to develop coping strategies that work for you when you encounter various people who upset your sensibilities. That's great, it's what you should be doing. I don't see the conundrum with...

Like I said, it's one option of dealing with the abuse. You don't really have that many and none of them are particularly good. Some peoples personalities are such that they hurl insults and demean when they're actually trying/wanting to help. It's just something you'll encounter from time to...

I don't understand your first paragraph. It doesn't make sense to me. If your professor is being verbally abusive, grow a thicker skin, talk to the chair or dean, or dish it back out to him. Your choice. Or just bypass him altogether and go to the TA's/Tutors for help.

No. Dropping things when they get hard won't get you far in life. If you want to major in engineering or physics you need to the calculus based series, you aren't going to gain anything but wasted time by taking algebra based mechanics first. Your classes will probably get exponentially harder...

This is a lot of words to say nothing. Evidence? The thread is about distrust in the sciences, part of the distrust stems from things being defined as science when it isn't.

I made a (perhaps the) post to that effect. The fact that they're not a science shouldn't be taken as disparaging. Engineering is not a science, but it has worth. Neither is history, but it too has worth. Certain fields in medicine are more akin to engineering and the use of "best practices."...

I thought it was used twice, once in flight. Although this was just me watching the history channel as a kid... so maybe I'm wrong.

I'd do it... But first, how much are they paying us? :cool:

I don't see a difference. For example, efforts to label GMOs are based on bad "science."

Do you identify difficulties you have the problem sets and then work additional problems from the book on those topics? That would seem more effective than reworking problems you already know how to solve. The 2-3 hour "rule" is nice thought, but not applicable to the sciences. You should...

If you can find a masters program that is worth attending. The GI bill is great, and would help on that reguard. I'm still not sold on how much that will help. Many people work between undergrad and graduate school, sure, but I'm not sure that many in physics or science in general do. Also, you...