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- From: wools@athena.mit.edu (Aaron M Woolsey)
- Newsgroups: alt.sci.planetary
- Subject: Re: Star Trek teaching
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.013228.1043@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 01:32:28 GMT
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- In article <1jsaguINNdss@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
- |> In article <1993Jan23.190310.15506@athena.mit.edu>, wools@athena.mit.edu (Aaron M Woolsey) writes:
- |> >Some good scifi staples for high school students are probably Bradbury's
- |> >"Martian Chronicles" and "R is for Rocket".
- |>
- |> Sarcasm ON:
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- |> Right. Teach 'em science using Bradbury's mystical bullshit and ubiquitous
- |> sacrifice of anything resembling fact in favor of style.
- |>
- |> Sarcasm OFF.
- |>
- |> Question: What's your major, literature? If you advocate using Bradbury to
- |> help teach science, you pretty clearly know nothing about science.
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- nope, it's biology (literature at MIT?!?!?). bradbury may not be
- technically correct (i never said he was), but he does inspire creativity and
- the ability to dream, which are both important qualities for young budding
- scientists to have. let the imagination flow.
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- -Aaron Woolsey
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- wools@athena.mit.edu
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