Re: [Phys-l] Chalk affects teaching quality.

[Steve Clark <sclarkphd@mindspring.com>]

And the skinny chalk doesn't stay in the chalkholder. Will the  
Chalkholder manufacturers change their design to accommodate the  
smaller chalk?

Steve Clark

On Jan 10, 2008, at 4:02 PM, William Maddox wrote:

> From: WC Maddox
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> One brand of chalk used here was harder to erase as well as easier  
> to break.
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> At 01:54 PM 1/10/2008, you wrote:
> > [2nd attempt.]
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> > ANALS OF IMPROBABLE RESEARCH - Crayola has made their chalk  
> > thinner. It
> > is not much thinner. But it is thinner enough. It is also shorter. I
> > went back to my office and found an old box with two pieces of chalk.
> > The new pieces are thinner, shorter and don't write as dark. It is
> > annoying. I was in the middle of a lecture and picked up a new  
> > piece of
> > chalk. The quality of my teaching immediately went down. I am not
> > joking. It was all I could do to not break down crying. I tried all  
> > the
> > pieces in the new box. They were no good.
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> > Back in my office I checked the boxes. The old size was 3 1/2 long by
> > 3/8 inch thick. The new chalk is 3 by 5/16. And the new box has  
> > French
> > on it. The old box said "Crayola Anti-Dust Chalk." The new box says  
> > "An
> > du septic Chalk".
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> > I want my old chalk back!
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> > http://improbable.com/2008/01/07/unhappiness-with-chalk/
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> > bc thinks the professor should stop lecturing, and switch to  
> > interactive
> > engagement of the students.
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> > p.s. My source titled it:  "CHALK IT UP TO NEO-CAPITALISM"
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