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Monday, February 22, 2010

Great opportunity

We are blessed to have UCR in our Riverside community.  Certainly they did a great job with our Science Fair as always.  There is an additional great opportunity for all of us in the community with their Spring Science Lecture Series which starts on April 4th and then again on the 22nd.  Their topic for the season is to look (from a scientific view) at the issue of Climate Change (Causes, Impacts, Solutions).  Which seems particularly interesting given the somewhat unusual weather this winter across the US.

While I have not been able to attend previously, I am looking forward to the opportunity this Spring.  I hope this is an opportunity for you as well.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2010 at 7:36 PM

    Thank you for making time to come and see us at Twain today. It made many of us feel as if someone cares. There hasn't been a lot of support from admin in this situation at our school. It speaks highly of your character that you came. Thank you very much.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2010 at 10:09 PM

    It is great to see our kids out there doing such wonderful projects to represent our schools. While their science fair projects were amazing, it saddens me that my daughter's class only gets 20 minutes a day allotted for both science and history instruction. (Some days it is 20 minutes of science and other days it is 20 minutes of history - This was presented to parents on a PowerPoint at back to school night.) This is not the teacher's choice. The district pacing guides and heavy emphasis on teach to the test do not allow for more time. Our teachers would like to spend more time on history and science but are limited. Kids who are already proficient do not need to spend all day prepping for the next test. What does the district offer them?

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  3. Marion K. SmithFebruary 27, 2010 at 7:33 PM

    I'm not a scientist but I do follow the press reports and I do have some common sence. Aside from Al Gore (who is also not a scientist) blundering around gathering bogus information backed by prize-winning (some say prize buying) politics, I seroiusly disagree with the idea we can influence the climate. I realize how disheartening that is for those who believe the government can change any and every thing. In the Summer any average voter will fall for the political arguments of climate change, fortunately for us elections are in November.

    Weather is not climate as far as I can discern. Climate as I grasp it is statisticaly significant weather patterns created over thousands of years with brief events thrown in for fun. Statistics however, can be influenced it appears by a whole host of factors both passively and actively manipulated. Politcally charged science is volitale and not accurate nor worthwile. The more we involve our kids in the process as if it were true, without discordant oposition, the more we indoctrinate them. Please don't. As poets from my era wrote: "Who'll stop the rain?"

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