Popular Post Glamdring804 Posted October 16, 2016 Popular Post Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) I got this problem on a work sheet. I think it pretty much speaks for itself. Edit: Apparently, Chaos is my Calculus 3 instructor. Small world... Edited October 17, 2016 by Glamdring804 58
Tariniel he/him Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 That is so cool! I wish I had a teacher who made Calculus this interesting lol 1
Silverblade5 he/him Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Glamdring804 said: I got this problem on a work sheet. I think it pretty much speaks for itself. r Is your teacher named Eric Lake? If so, that would be @Chaos 3
king of nowhere Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 here i was dreaming of being a physics teacher and ask my students to calculate the geostationary orbit of roshar, when somebody did it already. ah, well, i'm a chemist.. at most i could ask the volume change of soulcasting air into stone... 1
Popular Post Chaos he/him Posted October 16, 2016 Popular Post Posted October 16, 2016 Yup, that would be me! It's kind of surreal that someone would actually be my student and also be a 17th Sharder. I gave this out in 2014 and I thought it'd be amusing to give it out again. But yep, that's me. Apparently Brandon's supposed to be coming to Montana next year at Christopher Paolini's suggestion. He said this on Reddit, but we have no details quite yet, it seems. If you came to that, I'd definitely be there. When I taught precalculus, I gave a mixing problem where Kelsier was mixing some Allomancer's pewter. No one got the reference then, but when I gave this take-home in 2014 one person out of my two sections got it! This time slightly more have spotted the reference, so yay! And now for me to grade your quizzes 36
Oversleep Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) Is "Well, maybe I didn't do my homework but I've just seen that WoB and I think I am close to figuring out Scadrian FTL now" a legit excuse? Edited October 16, 2016 by Oversleep 8
Chaos he/him Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 7 minutes ago, Oversleep said: Is "Well, maybe I didn't do my homework but I've just seen that WoB and I think I am close to figuring out Scadrian FTL now" a legit excuse? Hah! Jokes on you, I don't grade homework: I give quizzes But maybe if it was particularly well-cited and well-written, perhaps. 4
Popular Post Glamdring804 Posted October 16, 2016 Author Popular Post Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Chaos said: Yup, that would be me! It's kind of surreal that someone would actually be my student and also be a 17th Sharder. I gave this out in 2014 and I thought it'd be amusing to give it out again. But yep, that's me. Apparently Brandon's supposed to be coming to Montana next year at Christopher Paolini's suggestion. He said this on Reddit, but we have no details quite yet, it seems. If you came to that, I'd definitely be there. When I taught precalculus, I gave a mixing problem where Kelsier was mixing some Allomancer's pewter. No one got the reference then, but when I gave this take-home in 2014 one person out of my two sections got it! This time slightly more have spotted the reference, so yay! And now for me to grade your quizzes Holy rust. Chaos is my Calculus instructor! Okay. Brain overloaded. Rebooting for repairs. Edited October 16, 2016 by Glamdring804 26
Silverblade5 he/him Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 4 minutes ago, Glamdring804 said: Holy rust. Chaos is my Calculus instructor! Okay. Brain overloaded. Rebooting for repairs. Now you have a new tool of class derailment 1
Glamdring804 Posted October 16, 2016 Author Posted October 16, 2016 4 minutes ago, Silverblade5 said: Now you have a new tool of class derailment Ah, the possibilities. Hey Chaos, do you think you can figure out which student I am? I'll give you a hint: I'm in your 9:00 class. P.S. Hey Ryth. 1
Chaos he/him Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 44 minutes ago, Silverblade5 said: Now you have a new tool of class derailment Just for one student 38 minutes ago, Glamdring804 said: Ah, the possibilities. Hey Chaos, do you think you can figure out which student I am? I'll give you a hint: I'm in your 9:00 class. P.S. Hey Ryth. Oh I guessed exactly who you were. I'd post here but I'm not sure if you'd want your name public, so I'll refrain 4
Glamdring804 Posted October 17, 2016 Author Posted October 17, 2016 5 minutes ago, Chaos said: Just for one student Oh I guessed exactly who you were. I'd post here but I'm not sure if you'd want your name public, so I'll refrain Normally I am very reluctant to post my real name on the Internet, but with these circumstances, I would have made an exception. And I absolutely wouldn't mind if the rest of the quizzes for the semester end up being Cosmere themed. 2
Chaos he/him Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 23 minutes ago, Glamdring804 said: Normally I am very reluctant to post my real name on the Internet, but with these circumstances, I would have made an exception. And I absolutely wouldn't mind if the rest of the quizzes for the semester end up being Cosmere themed. No worries, I'll see you tomorrow And that's pretty difficult to do to theme them, unfortunately. I'd also worry that people would be confused if they had to read a long preamble... 5
AngelEy3 he/him Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 Super cool thread. This really put a smile on my face while reading! The biggest reveal I can remember about a teacher was when we found out that she had helped Mel Brooks edit the script for Young Frankenstein. She was also the drama instructor, in addition to being an English teacher. After that clicked into place it was sooo much easier to take her direction and do what she wanted with it. Ended up placing 3rd in state that year for our 1-act play. 2
Glamdring804 Posted October 25, 2016 Author Posted October 25, 2016 6 hours ago, AngelEy3 said: Super cool thread. This really put a smile on my face while reading! The biggest reveal I can remember about a teacher was when we found out that she had helped Mel Brooks edit the script for Young Frankenstein. She was also the drama instructor, in addition to being an English teacher. After that clicked into place it was sooo much easier to take her direction and do what she wanted with it. Ended up placing 3rd in state that year for our 1-act play. That's pretty cool. I love it when instructors do fun stuff. It makes the quizzes and and exams so much easier to do. I just took the Calc exam last night, and it was pretty dry. Just a laundry list of "do X math." I'm not saying I want every problem to be Cosmere themed (as awesome as that would be), but just doing something to make the stuff less intimidating. My last Physics problem featured Frodo and Sam sledding down Mt. Doom. I read somewhere online that a physics professor at a different school had written a problem based on an Overwatch character. Fun problems are just so much more...fun! 1
Silverblade5 he/him Posted November 7, 2016 Posted November 7, 2016 @ChaosOne of my teachers works on a certain law: The nerdier the question, the longer the tangent. This can be modeled by the equation t=e^25n, where t is the length of the tangent, and n is the coefficient of nerdiness. Do you also follow this law? If so, please provide a table of n values. 2
Erunion he/him Posted November 17, 2016 Posted November 17, 2016 I'm not sure how to feel about this thread. On the one hand, this is insanely awesome. Well done @Chaos On the other hand, the question gave me horrified flashbacks. Calc 3 and I were not friends. Not at all. (An.... interesting, new prof and a semester spent sick made for a vile combination. Fun fact - the average for the final exam was 40/180. In a class of 300. That says something. I still have nightmares of that exam). 1
Glamdring804 Posted November 17, 2016 Author Posted November 17, 2016 15 hours ago, Erunion said: I'm not sure how to feel about this thread. On the one hand, this is insanely awesome. Well done @Chaos On the other hand, the question gave me horrified flashbacks. Calc 3 and I were not friends. Not at all. (An.... interesting, new prof and a semester spent sick made for a vile combination. Fun fact - the average for the final exam was 40/180. In a class of 300. That says something. I still have nightmares of that exam). Idos Domi, that's a bad average. And here I thought an average of 60 was bad... Anyways, just take Calc 3 from Chaos. He's fun. And a rather terrible white board artist, which is entertaining in its own right. 5
Erunion he/him Posted November 18, 2016 Posted November 18, 2016 58 minutes ago, Glamdring804 said: Idos Domi, that's a bad average. And here I thought an average of 60 was bad... Anyways, just take Calc 3 from Chaos. He's fun. And a rather terrible white board artist, which is entertaining in its own right. Too late now - finished that course a couple years ago (passed! Thank heavens for a good scale to compensate for a bad exam), and as good as Chaos seems to be, I'm not willing to travel halfway across a continent to take one course.... But if only I'd had the opportunity! Would have done much better I'm sure 1
marsoupial they/them Posted December 18, 2016 Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) I just read this entire thread in one sitting, and, needless to say, am incredibly amused. @Chaos Could you move to East Tennessee? Please? None of my teachers are at this level of cool. Edited December 18, 2016 by bleeder 1
Ironeyes Posted December 18, 2016 Posted December 18, 2016 29 minutes ago, bleeder said: I just read this entire thread in one sitting, and, needless to say, am incredibly amused. @Chaos Could you move to East Tennessee? Please? None of my teachers are at this level of cool. No, he should move to Boston. I take Calc 3 next semester (assuming I pass the Calc 2 final on Monday). Side note, I looked Prof. Lake up on RateMyProfessor. He's well loved and respected, despite the occasional bout of incomprehensibility due to knowing too many complicated math terms. 1
Chaos he/him Posted December 18, 2016 Posted December 18, 2016 1 hour ago, bleeder said: I just read this entire thread in one sitting, and, needless to say, am incredibly amused. @Chaos Could you move to East Tennessee? Please? None of my teachers are at this level of cool. I am looking to move but no offense the South was not a place on my radar 1 hour ago, Ironeyes said: No, he should move to Boston. I take Calc 3 next semester (assuming I pass the Calc 2 final on Monday). Side note, I looked Prof. Lake up on RateMyProfessor. He's well loved and respected, despite the occasional bout of incomprehensibility due to knowing too many complicated math terms. Yeah sometimes I go too fast, but most times I never get all of the section done that I need to anyway, so what can you do. Some people like things slowly, but you just can't afford that and they need to come into office hours for more individual attention. Student evaluations can be difficult. It is like getting critique on a novel. Brandon says you should throw out 3/4ths of critique there, and that's fairly true here. For example a lot of the time you get conflicted stuff. "I like that he's loud, wakes me up in the morning." "He's too loud." What are you supposed to do with that? There are usually things you can fix but most comments are not that helpful. Some people like my jokes, others don't. That's fine. Not everyone likes every teacher. 1
marsoupial they/them Posted December 18, 2016 Posted December 18, 2016 11 minutes ago, Chaos said: I am looking to move but no offense the South was not a place on my radar Oh, I was entirely joking. I take no offense. The South isn't on my radar, and I live in it. 3
Glamdring804 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Posted December 18, 2016 12 hours ago, Chaos said: Yeah sometimes I go too fast, but most times I never get all of the section done that I need to anyway, so what can you do. Some people like things slowly, but you just can't afford that and they need to come into office hours for more individual attention. Student evaluations can be difficult. It is like getting critique on a novel. Brandon says you should throw out 3/4ths of critique there, and that's fairly true here. For example a lot of the time you get conflicted stuff. "I like that he's loud, wakes me up in the morning." "He's too loud." What are you supposed to do with that? There are usually things you can fix but most comments are not that helpful. Some people like my jokes, others don't. That's fine. Not everyone likes every teacher. Meh. The lecturing pace was fairly easy to adjust to. The best part of your teaching style is watching you try to draw figures on the white board. It's also nice, getting the occasional Stormlight themed worksheet. 1
Kaymyth she/her Posted December 19, 2016 Posted December 19, 2016 I kind of love the fact that this thread exists. On 12/17/2016 at 9:02 PM, Chaos said: I am looking to move but no offense the South was not a place on my radar If you by some weird twist of fate wind up in Kansas City, I will totes introduce you to all of the cool nerds. (But seriously, I will be very happy to see you get out of the desolate tundra in which you now live, wherever you end up.) 14 hours ago, Glamdring804 said: Meh. The lecturing pace was fairly easy to adjust to. The best part of your teaching style is watching you try to draw figures on the white board. It's also nice, getting the occasional Stormlight themed worksheet. Heh. Now I am picturing Chaos teaching calculus with the power of Wayne stick figures. This ranks very high up on my list of Best Mental Images. 7
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