tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post7191972868812535811..comments2023-05-03T04:28:16.339-05:00Comments on <center>Jumping off cliffs</center>: Ray says . . .Mary O. Paddockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04097124493453341534noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-82026489810100713332008-09-11T23:15:00.000-05:002008-09-11T23:15:00.000-05:00Yeah. You can watch educational TV on the interne...Yeah. You can watch educational TV on the internet, huh?<BR/><BR/>Mary, you may have just saved my children's minds.Ray Veenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956279552298172157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-18513311425813772392008-09-10T20:27:00.000-05:002008-09-10T20:27:00.000-05:00Hi Ray--I didn't take it as pressure. :) It just s...Hi Ray--I didn't take it as pressure. :) It just served as a nudge. My bet is your kids are anything but deprived :) . I confess--I am a product of the television generation. I won't lie--I like to watch it. But a year ago we had to get creative with our viewing thanks to the economic crunch. We shut off the satellite, which means no reception here at all. So we hooked a computer up to our television and watch what we can find on the internet and what I pick out from Netflix (instant watch is good too). This makes television viewing a more decision based behavior as opposed to just staring pointlessly at the screen. Crap still finds its way in, but it's quite a lot less of it. <BR/><BR/>Jeanie, I quoted you to my husband and he completely agreed with you. He commented "if there are 'strings'--who's plucking them? :)<BR/><BR/>PW--I didn't really discover science until after college and having kids helped enormously. Suddenly I had a reason to investigate, experiment, and understand. <BR/><BR/>Scotty--One bad teacher can really be a kid's undoing. I remember the Time Tunnel . . . :)Mary O. Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097124493453341534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-85666805399142904882008-09-10T17:19:00.000-05:002008-09-10T17:19:00.000-05:00My Chemistry teacher in High School spoiled scienc...My Chemistry teacher in High School spoiled science for me to a great degree - man, she was a pain.<BR/><BR/>But yes, as a kid, certain TV shows piqued my interest and made me the sciency sci-fi geek I am today.<BR/><BR/>Dr Who, The Time Tunnel, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Land of the Giants, and Thunderbirds, aaaah.Scottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532475769646281689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-9474540150009588722008-09-10T10:41:00.000-05:002008-09-10T10:41:00.000-05:00Sorry you were so deprived in Science classes for ...Sorry you were so deprived in Science classes for so long! I can't get enough science! Similar to what Jeanie said, the more I learn about the "science" of life and the smaller and smaller units of our physical world, the more evidence I see that there absolutely has to be a God behind it all. I find it hard to comprehend how scientists don't stand it total awe and feel drawn to greater belief in God! Oh well! Science is fascinating and wonderful to enlighten our minds.<BR/><BR/>Your school projects with your children remind me of the days I homeschooled my son and we invited a couple of the neighbor children to attend some of our science "class" experiments. It was great fun!<BR/><BR/>One of the projects we worked on was constructing a solar oven. It worked! In fact, we still have it tucked away somewhere. If we're ever w/o electricity and have a good sunny day, I may just have to drag it out and put it to work!Pencil Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09754663050624125557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-69664651297429556362008-09-10T06:20:00.000-05:002008-09-10T06:20:00.000-05:00I always am amazed at how some people can be so fe...I always am amazed at how some people can be so fearful of science shaking belief systems.<BR/><BR/>Many great scientists took the other view - that to find something so precise and so well designed means that there MUST be a god, because it is far too beautiful to be by chance.<BR/><BR/>I had a great science teacher who brought a bit of humour but did not humour those who could not keep up with her teaching. I was lucky - I could. Those who couldn't invariably ended up with the other two science teachers who had - ummm - foibles.jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322709527738134797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-18028824080339071682008-09-10T05:17:00.000-05:002008-09-10T05:17:00.000-05:00Hi Mary, didn't mean to pressure you by my comment...Hi Mary, didn't mean to pressure you by my comment. It was just weird that it said you updated when you didn't. I've never had that problem before; usually if I have a problem, it's a failure to show that somebody's updated.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow.<BR/><BR/>Your description of all the quality educational programming makes me kind of regret our decision not to have TV. Heck, I'd like to watch those documentaries. Unfortunately, we'll never be disciplined enough to watch non-crap, so, I'll just have to live with the guilt of depriving my children.Ray Veenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956279552298172157noreply@blogger.com