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determinedJust one quick comment--no vote. :-)rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU 11/14/01 12:02PM >>>
It seems to me that both sides in this debate have unilaterally
what students SHOULD learn in an intro astronomy course. Perhapssomeone
should ask what they WANT to learn in such a course (which is usuallyor the
OPTIONAL). I doubt that the answers will be 'the phases of the moon'
'solar neutrino experiment'. While it may well require one or bothof
these topics to get to what the students want, I would think thatastronomy
courses should be driven foremost by student curiosity.
Rick
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Richard W. Tarara
Professor of Physics
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556
rtarara@saintmarys.edu
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Bellina" <jbellina@saintmarys.edu>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 1:09 PM
Subject: Nicely written
I just read the letters in the latest TPT, and wanted to says thanks
article andPaul and lurking Dewey for that wonder response to Pasachoff's
to Phil for his response as well. Nicely done.
Shall we vote here as well, since we are being democratic,
1) Paul, Dewey, and Phil
2) Jay Pasachoff
Please, I'm kidding...lets not vote and save alot of bandwidth!!!!!
joe
Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. 219-284-4662
Associate Professor of Physics
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556