tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post6485802027097557116..comments2024-02-05T05:15:04.759-08:00Comments on Wandering Scientist: Eleven AnswersCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-45635986119223556782012-11-04T12:51:35.836-08:002012-11-04T12:51:35.836-08:00Hear! Hear! for 'dimensional analysis' aka...Hear! Hear! for 'dimensional analysis' aka unit cancelling in high school Chemistry. I use it all.the.time. and I haven't set foot in a lab for years. (another) former academicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-21301797662364897962012-10-31T08:07:02.620-07:002012-10-31T08:07:02.620-07:00I loved day care pick up when he was Petunia's...I loved day care pick up when he was Petunia's age!!!! This is my last week of being gainfully unemployed and they are having a Halloween costume parade at 9:30 and I am going up to watch. I'll really miss being able to do little things like that so easily. mom2boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-74881241488746428142012-10-31T05:36:19.694-07:002012-10-31T05:36:19.694-07:00I was about to chime in and agree with you guys ab...I was about to chime in and agree with you guys about the different era of enrichment activities, and then I remembered that I did gymnastics, ballet, French (6th grade), and piano. Not all at the same time, but probably gymnastics and piano at the same time, and then I played sports in middle school. We took horse back riding lessons for a while and some other stuff. My mom was super into enrichment, but in an '80s kind of way, not in a "soccer mom" kind of way.Erinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-19952453886304425822012-10-30T14:24:17.638-07:002012-10-30T14:24:17.638-07:00I was only allowed to watch tv on Saturday morning...I was only allowed to watch tv on Saturday mornings.<br /><br />But maybe it all worked-- My sister and I jumped up to upper middle class from lower middle class in a generation. My children, already being upper middle class probably don't need those advantages. (I can hear my mom now, "advantages that *I* never had growing up." She also walked to school uphill both ways. Of course, so did I.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-1411784692680374282012-10-30T09:27:10.220-07:002012-10-30T09:27:10.220-07:00@nicoleandmaggie - Your mom would fit right in tod...@nicoleandmaggie - Your mom would fit right in today! It is shocking how having kids in loads of activities all the time is the new middle class norm. When did we all agree to this? ;)<br /><br />The castaways on Gilligan's Island pretty much babysat me for years. hushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532820460835325762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-36849175367632559922012-10-30T09:13:57.770-07:002012-10-30T09:13:57.770-07:00My HS Chemistry teacher gave similar advise. When...My HS Chemistry teacher gave similar advise. When he prepped the class for the AP Chemistry test, he told me that I shouldn't take the exam because I am going to Berkeley. I asked why that made a difference. He replied that AP gets you OUT of taking Chemistry, and I shouldn't miss the honors accelerated Chemistry sequence at Berkeley.<br /><br />He'd studied Chem undergrad at Stanford and left the PhD program at Berkeley with a MS and then got a teaching credential. He also told me that I made the right choice to attend Cal over Stanford because Cal's science classes were much more rigorous. He said that part of the reason he left with a MS was that he was overwhelmed with the high standards at Cal after coasting at Stanford.<br /><br />He loaned me a book about hydrogen bonds, a phenomena I investigated in depth in my PhD thesis.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-43848600838092150572012-10-30T09:00:07.297-07:002012-10-30T09:00:07.297-07:00Thank you! This is a wonderful distraction, even i...Thank you! This is a wonderful distraction, even if I'm back at work and no longer curled up on the couch in misery.Tragic Sandwichhttp://tragicsandwich.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-9998231552023627272012-10-30T08:58:32.744-07:002012-10-30T08:58:32.744-07:00I dunno, when we moved from big city to small town...I dunno, when we moved from big city to small town, my after school activities went way up because my mom felt like she had to make up for the opportunities and advantages we were missing. (I swear I did everything the town had to offer except martial arts and golf/tennis.) I'm rebelling a bit with my kids-- no way I'm going to sacrifice my career to drive them around for after school activities. However, oldest is getting a longer school day and gets some extras there at a private school and he gets summers at the local museum program which is much easier on parents than the kids community college classes I went to.<br /><br />Maybe my mom was just ahead of the curve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-51550028989039876522012-10-30T08:16:17.785-07:002012-10-30T08:16:17.785-07:00Your after school activities were very much like m...Your after school activities were very much like mine (Gilligan's Island, etc..) That was definitely a different era, in terms of scheduling kids and kid enrichment activities!oilandgarlichttp://oilandgarlic.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com