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Amusing and thought-provoking blog about first day of class rituals from Gradhacker at IHE.
I usually waste way too much time on the syllabus and am fighting to get pro-forma nonsense down under 10 minutes. I want to do some physics on the first day.
More detailed comments later, but I also like to give a quiz.
Dr. Pion is a pseudonym for a physicist whose research once included study of the pi meson. His expertise also includes the history of nuclear weapons and proliferation, but his main interest today is teaching "physics for scientists and engineers". He uses the pseudonym CCPhysicist when commenting in certain blogs because he teaches at a community college.
There is no connection at all between this blog and the real people (a veterinarian and a physician) known as Dr. Pion who show up in a Google search on this name.
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That was the biggest mistake I made last semester, mostly because I didn't have much notice and didn't have anything together. It was mostly syllabus. Looking back on it, I can think of at least 3 other topics I wish I'd gone over. Won't make that mistake again.
I'm teaching two labs this semester. Since there's slack time in a lab, I have time to walk around the room and shake hands with each individual. They get a smile and a "welcome aboard".
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