OlenaThu, Feb 11, 2010 Dmitri —
this sounds like a fantastic idea!
You know what, actually I am graduating next year and I need to have some kind of senior project idea, which I would work on with a professor. I have NO idea what to do, but now that this thing is at my nerves so much (education, also women's place in it: I am not a "feminist" really, but I always hear that women are hardly in "higher" education as opposed to just going to school for the hell of it, or for something supposedly "easier" like Humanities.) I think it would be a really worthwhile thing to start working on.
I made this blog post about the same topic, about that stupid Math poster. I wish we could do something about this, and I'm not sure of what YOUR idea is entirely, but yes! I'd be willing to work with you.
Also totally agree with you on the last part; we need to be open-minded. It's absolutely the worst thing when intelligent people are condescending.
Weather —
Yeah! I watched that guy a while ago, that was a really good speech.
This all reminds me of the Charles Dickens (I believe) novel set during the Industrial Revolution in England; there was a part where a teacher is scolding the little children for thinking it's ok to have things like horses or flowers in the wallpaper.
Such a good metaphor for what this revolution has done.
Your last paragraph hits the spot, hope you don't mind if I quote you.
Dmitri —
this sounds like a fantastic idea!
You know what, actually I am graduating next year and I need to have some kind of senior project idea, which I would work on with a professor. I have NO idea what to do, but now that this thing is at my nerves so much (education, also women's place in it: I am not a "feminist" really, but I always hear that women are hardly in "higher" education as opposed to just going to school for the hell of it, or for something supposedly "easier" like Humanities.) I think it would be a really worthwhile thing to start working on.
I made this blog post about the same topic, about that stupid Math poster. I wish we could do something about this, and I'm not sure of what YOUR idea is entirely, but yes! I'd be willing to work with you.
Also totally agree with you on the last part; we need to be open-minded. It's absolutely the worst thing when intelligent people are condescending.
Weather —
Yeah! I watched that guy a while ago, that was a really good speech.
This all reminds me of the Charles Dickens (I believe) novel set during the Industrial Revolution in England; there was a part where a teacher is scolding the little children for thinking it's ok to have things like horses or flowers in the wallpaper.
Such a good metaphor for what this revolution has done.
Your last paragraph hits the spot, hope you don't mind if I quote you.