I'm taking a 5-hour science test tomorrow- ask me anything!

[noshenanigans]

I'm trying to get a Physics teaching credential and have to take this test tomorrow for which Ive done TONS of studying. I should be studying now but I'm drinking wine. 2 tests on General Science and one on Physics. Should be interesting.

I'm just tired of substitute teaching.. they don't take me seriously because I'm a hot blonde chick. Sigh.

Oh well. Thanks to my friends in the lounge for helping me relax!

[Random_Australian]

1. Why does a spinning wheel not fall if held on a horizontal but

free-to-move rod? Answer your question in terms of a change in torque.

;)

How are you?

What's the weather like?

[noshenanigans]

6. Why? God, Obviously.

It was muggy today! I live in Los Angeles, it's not suppossed to be muggy. Very weird.

[Random_Australian]

11. Did you know the earth is 5000 years old? Write that in your exam.

I dare you!

;)

Anway, how was you week?
Why do you have a test on Sunday?
Or is it not saturday yet there?

[noshenanigans]

12. With NCLB, that may very well be the right answer.

It's not Saturday here yet.. I'm in Los Angeles and because I have a test tomorrow I decided to stay in. Of course, that resulted in me drinking too much. Feels like college. At least it gives me a chance to catch up on my Tivo. I'm addicted to that show "Jamie's School Dinners", where the chef Jamie oliver tries to remake British schools into having lunch food that's actually healthy.

Did I say Tivo? Because I meant.. uh.. studying.

[Random_Australian]

14. What's tivo?

[noshenanigans]

17. Only the best invention ever!

It's a robot box you can hook up to cable or sattelite where you get, like, subscriptions to TV shows you like. It's a mega-VCR, and even records stuff it thinks you might like based on what you watch. Even though my PBS station runs "Cosmos" at 3 am, I can watch it whenever I want. Beautiful.

[Random_Australian]

20. Does it not occur to any that Americans watch too much tv?

(Y/N)

[noshenanigans]

21. Well, yeah..

But in America they show all the quality stuff (if there is any) when I'm asleep, so recording is of the good.

[Random_Australian]

23. ok. I'm an the mood to debate R/T, but the forum is silent right now.

What do you believe is the purpose of the Bible? Add if you are christian, atheist whatever. (I'm an atheist btw), unless it is too personal, in which case do you agree that there should be less channels?

[noshenanigans]

24. Well, I was raised Southern Baptist

but now I'm an atheist. When I was a kid I was very very religious. What made it all fall apart was when I was in 4th grade and still praying to God for forgiveness every time I even *thought* a curse word. I don't remember how it came up but I asked my friends at lunch why you couldn't say "those" words- and the answer was "It's in the Bible". So I looked for where the exact words are in the Bible, because it was all I knew. That pretty much led to more and more questions, and now I'm marrying a Jew who has fallen as far away from his original religion as I have.

[Random_Australian]

25. Cool. Are you in a LW or RW part of America? Did you know

that there is an Atheists/Agnostics group here in DU?

[noshenanigans]

26. I intentionally moved to LW

I grew up in an uber-Christian Fundamentalist part of the Appalachian mountains, then went to school in Chapel Hill (UNC), and fled for liberals. When I go home I get very frustrated and am ultimately happy to live where I live, even if I have to be far away from my family. It really sucks that my whole family history is somewhere I can't stand to be because they have bumper stickers that say things like "Allah is not my God."

[Random_Australian]

27. The good thing about Australia is I don't have to worry about that

stuff. Religion is left well alone. And nobody cares about atheism. Even the local evangelicals don't mind chattng with atheists. (of course, if they are at a stand for their faith, they will try to convert you, but other than that, not really)

[noshenanigans]

28. I really am so envious...

my fiance lived in Australia for a year and absolutely adores it and wants to take me there. Frankly (and I may be on some kind of list now for saying it) I want to leave the States pretty badly but the sink of the dollar in addition to families being here has proven pretty prohibitive. Are there Scientoligists in Australia? In Los Angeles that's the only "religion" that ever bothers to try to convert me, but I specifically avoid all the others.

[Random_Australian]

29. You hear occasional murmurs about them, but not really.

They certainly are not big here. No-one thinks any religion is any reason at all to do anyhting pretty much.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Why are you still awake? Or is it very early where you are?

[noshenanigans]

4. socal

It's still early here in beautiful Southern California. And for some reason the test doesn't start until 1:30 tomorrow, thus effectively ruining tonight and tomorrow night. They spend the morning giving test to the multiple subject (read: elementary school) teachers.

Can't wait for tomorrow night, though.. once that test is over I'm praying I'm awake enough to enjoy myself, or my brain will be so fried anyways I can fry it even more.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Good luck. Try to enjoy tomorrow night anyway.

[ZombieNixon]

3. Smart hot blonde chick, eh?

Soo...what are you doing this weekend? :D

[BigMcLargehuge]

7. what is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

[noshenanigans]

13. African or European? n/t

[BigMcLargehuge]

19. I don't know that!?!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! (off the Bridge of Death I go)

[begin_within]

8. Why does sugar dissolve faster in hot water than it does in cold water?

[begin_within]

9. What causes the "green flash" at sunset on a west-facing beach?

[LostInAnomie]

10. What test are you taking?

[noshenanigans]

15. The CSET

It's California's requirement for me to prove that I know what I know to get a teaching credential.

[Redstone]

16. Back in the 1970s, I took GREs for other people for $500 a pop,

(this was before driver's licenses had pictures - yes, I'm old) and found out that going to the bar the night before was the best way to prepare.

Just in case this helps you.

Redstone

[noshenanigans]

18. That's the coolest thing I've heard all night. n/t

[hfojvt]

30. dang I wonder if that is still a viable career field

I have smoked the GRE now, twice.

Actually, the second time I did it was the day after I almost killed myself changing my hot water heater. Seriously, I spent about 15 hours at that job, including about 4 twenty mile trips to the plumbing store. Part of it was that I cracked a pipe while I was taking out the old one which weighed about 400 pounds.

Then after staying up too late because of that and getting up early to drive for three hours, I still obliterated the GRE. One of the few victories in my life, and, of course, a mostly empty one, worth only about 2 self-esteem points.

[bridgit]

22. just how many strings & membranes do you suppose there could be...

:shrug:

[Seabiscuit]

31. OK. What's the difference between an ohm and a volt?