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russ_watters reacted to jbriggs444's post in the thread High School How Does Constant Power Affect Rocket Acceleration in Space? with
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Oh dear. The conversation has apparently shifted away from the question of gear ratios to the matter of a failure to account for the... -
russ_watters reacted to vela's post in the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college? with Like.
One time, some punk made a comment about how grammar wasn't important because we understood what he meant. My English professor friend...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Uncertainty in pursuing Engineering.Switched to EE from what? Given that you didn't take the foundational math courses in year 1, and if you fail calc 1 you'll be a year...
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Spent fuel is not as big a problem as you might think. The vast majority of nuclear waste, even today, is from the weapons industry...
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russ_watters replied to the thread The Nuclear Power Thread.Ugh. "Three environmental groups are suing the federal government to try to block the restart of the Palisades Nuclear Plant in...
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russ_watters replied to the thread The Nuclear Power Thread.So far it's low hanging fruit; restarting plants that were closed/mothballed early is a heckuvalot easier than building a new plant. It...
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russ_watters reacted to pinball1970's post in the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college? with Like.
I agree with you. I'm not sure when grammar finished and English composition and analysis began at school, my memory says 12/13 or so...
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russ_watters reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college? with
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russ_watters reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college? with Like.
You make a good point, I am embarrassed to say. Mentally, I was considering that a "there" vs. "their" error is a fair sign of someone...
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russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread Undergrad Can a Gyroscope in a Satellite Detect Orbit? with Like.
This is what Gravity Probe B tested. On it they built the most perfect gyroscopes that we have ever produced and mounted a telescope to...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.Well, when society is paying for college, society should decide what college's job is and when an individual is paying for college that...
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russ_watters reacted to Averagesupernova's post in the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college? with Like.
My position has been that we need to fix what is causing high school grads to not be competent in grammar, etc before they get to...
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russ_watters reacted to Hornbein's post in the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college? with Like.
My university required an English composition class. The correction of grammar was included. A foreign language was also required...
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russ_watters reacted to sevensages's post in the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college? with
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The universities cannot reject everyone and stay in business. The universities need students that are paying tuition to stay in... -
russ_watters replied to the thread Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?.Well, college administrators certainly believe that, and there is a common implication (sometimes implied, sometimes stated explicitly)...