why astronomy frustrates me
Sep. 26th, 2003 05:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
godreamIt's a neat topic, it really is. I would definitely be interested in learning about all the strange things out there in space, and especially about how we found out about them in the first place. I'd love to know how they work but I'd settle for what they do. I know this could be a fascinating subject and a fascinating class.
But so far the interesting quotient is low, and I guess the reason why is we just aren't going fast enough for my tastes. We spent a whole day doing skits about why there are seasons -- which according to the teacher we should all know already from freshman Earth Science, so this is review. I didn't take Earth Science, though I think I learned about this stuff in fifth or sixth grade, and even without the review factor it's pretty boring for me.
The problem that leads to this, I guess, is that it's a slacker class. People seem to take it because they don't want to take chem or physics, the "real" sciences. (Or so I assume.) So I guess idiots and other people who don't care for school gravitate towards the class, outnumbering those of us who might actually like to learn something, and leading the teacher to believe that the class's collective IQ just barely hits three digits, and that really all we're fit for is watching cheesy videos. In general she may not be so far off.
On the other hand, we got Equinox Cupcakes (half chocolate, half vanilla, get it?) the other day. That's worth something. :)
But so far the interesting quotient is low, and I guess the reason why is we just aren't going fast enough for my tastes. We spent a whole day doing skits about why there are seasons -- which according to the teacher we should all know already from freshman Earth Science, so this is review. I didn't take Earth Science, though I think I learned about this stuff in fifth or sixth grade, and even without the review factor it's pretty boring for me.
The problem that leads to this, I guess, is that it's a slacker class. People seem to take it because they don't want to take chem or physics, the "real" sciences. (Or so I assume.) So I guess idiots and other people who don't care for school gravitate towards the class, outnumbering those of us who might actually like to learn something, and leading the teacher to believe that the class's collective IQ just barely hits three digits, and that really all we're fit for is watching cheesy videos. In general she may not be so far off.
On the other hand, we got Equinox Cupcakes (half chocolate, half vanilla, get it?) the other day. That's worth something. :)
