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Re: [Phys-l] explanatory and response variables (was calibration )

At 10:35 PM 8/8/2007, Ken, you wrote:
...
My students taught me how to distinguish ordinate from absissa. They learned
from a math teacher. When you say absissa, your mouth stretches horizontally
(assuming a normal sitting or standing position) with the ..iss.. sound and
for ordinate the mouth goes vertical when saying or....Now you know, too.

Ken Fox


It takes just one inspired teacher with a gift for the dramatic gesture
to mouth this description, with appropriate hand-gestures, and THEIR
students are set for life. There's a whole litany of acronyms,
nonsense verses, silly similes and associations that ease the many bumps
in a student's road. It takes a teacher who will do what it takes,
and is not only interested in magisterial awe for his job, naturally.



Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!