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nautica
This is probably not the place for this, but I must vent.
I am taking a 1 week accelerated course at a local Jr. College. Not b/c it is needed but I am trying to crank out 133 hours of a 4 point in order to bring up my overall grade point to a 3 point in order to apply for medical. I am taking physical science and have already been through physics, organic, ect...(I know it is stupid and I know I could have received an exemtion, but I figured if I could get in an extra 3 to 4 hours at the end of every semester then I could get 22 hours a semester instead of 18 and would not have to worry about the exemption).
Anyway, We walk into class and he gives us this worksheet and has us convert 100 lbs to mass. After, trying to explain to him that these two were not equivalents, his comment was, he knew there was a difference between mass and weight but was not sure what it was. Btw, did I mention he had been teaching not only physical science at this college, but, also, physics for 30 years. I explained that the US unit for mass was a "slug" which he had never heard of. This was only one example of what I had to sit through from 8 am to 5 pm and will have to sit through for 6 more days. I asked if he would go ahead and give me the final so I could take it and leave, but he explained that wouldn't be fair to everyone else.
What bothers me is not that I have to sit through this class, b/c it was my decision to do so; but it is the fact that he is actually teaching freshman college students the crap and has been for 30 years.
Oh, and one other thing, did you realize that Kelvin was measured in degrees, like F and C.
Nautica
I am taking a 1 week accelerated course at a local Jr. College. Not b/c it is needed but I am trying to crank out 133 hours of a 4 point in order to bring up my overall grade point to a 3 point in order to apply for medical. I am taking physical science and have already been through physics, organic, ect...(I know it is stupid and I know I could have received an exemtion, but I figured if I could get in an extra 3 to 4 hours at the end of every semester then I could get 22 hours a semester instead of 18 and would not have to worry about the exemption).
Anyway, We walk into class and he gives us this worksheet and has us convert 100 lbs to mass. After, trying to explain to him that these two were not equivalents, his comment was, he knew there was a difference between mass and weight but was not sure what it was. Btw, did I mention he had been teaching not only physical science at this college, but, also, physics for 30 years. I explained that the US unit for mass was a "slug" which he had never heard of. This was only one example of what I had to sit through from 8 am to 5 pm and will have to sit through for 6 more days. I asked if he would go ahead and give me the final so I could take it and leave, but he explained that wouldn't be fair to everyone else.
What bothers me is not that I have to sit through this class, b/c it was my decision to do so; but it is the fact that he is actually teaching freshman college students the crap and has been for 30 years.
Oh, and one other thing, did you realize that Kelvin was measured in degrees, like F and C.
Nautica