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Ruth,
What was your explanation? Was the answer the teacher gave wrong? Can you
tell me why matter attracts matter? Why do like charges repel and unlike
charges attract? Why is there matter and why does some matter come with
charge? Why may I put a red queen on a black king in Solitaire below, but
not above? It seems to me that saying "That's the way it is," is the same as
saying "That's what we observe in nature." Is there really any other answer?
Nature's rules do not make sense to me and a lot of the observations made of
nature must be put in the category, that's the way it is. So, we study
nature, find her rules and use them, whether they make sense or not. That's
the way it is.
Bob Carlson
In a message dated 3/2/01 2:32:43 PM Central Standard Time, rwolfson@SIU.EDU
writes:
<< This reminds me of my daughter's high school biology teacher who (for some
unknown reason) was teaching electron configuration to her biology class.
When one of the students asked her "why do they arrange like that?" her
answer was "That's just how it is!"
When my daughter came home and told me about it, I came unglued! I then sat
her down and tried to explain it to her. I thought about the majority of
the other students who didn't have a parent who had been trained in science
or math. Sad situation indeed!
Ruth Wolfson
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Ruth Ann Wolfson
Technical Physics
College of Applied Sciences and Arts
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Carbondale, IL 62901
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