#1577

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March 2, 2010, 4:40 p.m.

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//Talking about suggestions for teaching Schafer: So there's the usual ones..."Be supportive" check..."Don't be racist" sounds good..."Don't be sexist" I agree...and there was all this other stuff, and this was in the middle. And in the bad section was sarcasm. And I just look at it, and I'm like "You have GOT to be kidding me."

#1576

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March 2, 2010, 4:39 p.m.

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//Discussing an afterschool seminar for teachers Schafer: So the county supports this "10-2-2" plan.  10 minutes teaching, 2 minutes discussion, 2 minutes group work.  So I'm like "Does this work for every scenario?" and he's just like "yeah..."  So then I ask him "Then why did you just lecture us for an hour and a half?"  And he says "Cuz it doesn't apply to this scenario!"  And I'm like "You just said it works for all scenarios!"  There's a reason I wasn't appreciated at those things.

#1575

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March 2, 2010, 4:37 p.m.

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//Talking about teaching school Schafer: When I was in teaching school - which was horrible, by the way - they made us write a lesson about some reading, and I was just like "Are you serious?" So anyways, I brought in this huge book of physics and chemistry constants (motions to the 1986 edition) and I'm like "This book isn't meant to be read!"

#1574

1111

March 2, 2010, 4:37 p.m.

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//Discussing a meeting about teaching...and stuff Schafer: So, they had this list of things people said good and bad about us. You can tell who was smart and who was dumb right away. There were all these big long words on some of them that frankly, I don't think half the teachers understood! And then there were dumb words with "not" to negate them. I even saw, under the "Bad" category, "Not Good".

#1573

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March 2, 2010, 4:34 p.m.

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*Schafer is putting scales on a set of 3-D axes* Schafer: One, two, three, cuatro. That's Spanish for four. *switches axes* One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Gilad: That's English for nine. Schafer: *switches axes* One, two, three, four, five, six. Gilad: That's six for French.

#1572

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March 2, 2010, 4:34 p.m.

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//Talking about a huge book of Physics and Chemistry constants from '86 Schafer: I'm not gonna spend like $185 on a book when the old one's 95% the same! And I've always got Wikipedia.

#1571

55

March 2, 2010, 4:33 p.m.

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Schafer: I rhyme all the time. (starts throwing out random rhymes)... Stop it, I mean it! anybody want a peanut? Okay, now seriously, stop.

#1570

1212

March 2, 2010, 4:32 p.m.

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Schafer: So my chem teacher was completely incomprehensible. It was like "Vuh vuh vuh vuh vuh..." Now imagine a whole year of that! Gilad (imitating Peanuts): Wa wa, wa wa wa wa wa wa... //Later, about to discuss Newton's Law of Cooling Schafer: So anyways, my calculus teacher was HORRIBLE. We didn't learn ANYTHING. All I could understand was dy/dx. And maybe a little differentiation. So anyways, I take the AP, and I see Newton's Law of cooling, and I'm just like "Wha?" Yet somehow, here I am, teaching you about it.

#1568

1111

March 2, 2010, 8:41 a.m.

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Schafer (after 5 minutes of discussing grammar): This is boring me, it reminds me way too much of an English class.

#1567

1111

March 1, 2010, 9:59 p.m.

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Schafer: Oh THATS definitely work... Jared: Well guess what I just turned in? Schafer: Wallops money? Jared: (excited) YEAH! //Schafer holds up hand for a high five. //Jared tries to give him one but he moves. Schafer: Waaay too slow. And get back to work. Thomas: (quietly) Owned.