Comments on: Don’t believe everything you think.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:34:40 +0000

Personally, I think it is a little silly for a professor of an ON LINE CLASS to give you trouble over using the online version of a reference book!

Besides that – interesting articles sited about the flu vaccine – I look forward to reading them. It’s always nice to have new research to present to the pediatrician;) We do some of the vaxes but I’ve never been a big believer in the flu vax. I had an allergic reaction to it the one & only time I had it so we don’t do it at all. I’m a big proponent of that other magical flu preventative: hand washing!

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:52:30 +0000

Heck, yeah you can! I don’t remember where I first heard “Show, don’t tell” in that way, but it makes so much sense to me. I’m restraining myself from making any comments other than on the subject content or to ask for more information.

By: Dani

Dani — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:10:39 +0000

“Show, don’t tell. Show, don’t tell. Repeat to self. My job is to kick ass so he has no choice but to give me an ‘A’ in the class, not to worry about whether the man LIKES me or not. Repeat to self.”

I wish I had though of that line back when I was teaching math at NMSU and PPCC. I would have written it at the top of my syllabus (and the course description if I could have gotten away with it). I’ll have to keep it in mind for when I someday go back to academia… Can I steal it then?

By: Allison

Allison — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:39:26 +0000

Ha. Thought about it and realized that for the five(ish) minutes’ work it would take to rework the beginning and the reference, I might as well revise with the OED as my source. New beginning reads:
The Oxford English Dictionary (Soanes, Stevenson, & Hawker, 2004) gives five separate definitions for the word “critical.” One introduces the idea of severe, negative feedback. Two involve the natural sciences and mathematics. One relates to analysis of literature and the arts. The remaining definition pertains to our work here and involves the application of judgment to information and the importance of the subject being judged.

New reference:
Soanes, C., Stevenson, A., & Hawker, S. (2004). Critical. Concise Oxford English Dictionary (11th Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.