Tag: #conflict thesis
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Forged in Fire, part 2
Certain things about Spanish initially seemed weird to me. It expresses some ideas differently. In English we say, “He is twenty-five years old.” Spanish, on the other hand, expresses that as “Él tiene veintecinco años.” That translates literally as: “He has twenty-five years.” English treats age as a personal characteristic, something you are. Spanish, in…
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Forged in fire, part 1
Occasionally students ask questions that catch me off guard. Years ago, we had just wrapped up a discussion of science history in my conceptual physics class. One student raised his hand in response to my asking if there were any questions. He wanted to know why science had started in Europe as opposed to somewhere…
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The gift of dual perspective
At least I think it is a fun way to end the semester. Looking through 3-D glasses at an astronaut. Passing around a View Master. Looking at both sides of the coin at once. Trying to see the 3-D image in a Magic Eye illustration. But of course, I have a really good academic justification…