From:
Monona Rossol <0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject:
Re: [DCHAS-L] water based paint seminar
Date:
Jan 10, 2020 15:45 UTC
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ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
In-Reply-To:
Re: [DCHAS-L] water based paint seminar
Something Monique said really bothered me:
I say video because I
cannot see my son's generation searching archives to read anything
because they prefer to watch things.
And this is why I also despair of this future generation. It is science-lite to watch those videos and take those on-line trainings.
I've done pod casts, had lectures videoed, and developed the slides and tests for on-line training. I feel badly after seeing or hearing every one because I know I had to skip along on the mountain tops and never get down in the dark valleys between the peaks. And without out understanding the entire terrain, the audience leaves elated by a false impression that they understand what I've said. Instead, they know what I've concluded, but have no clue about the process used to reach those conclusions.
In contrast, the written word exists without the distraction of the performance. It can be more thoughtfully and accurately composed to avoid any misunderstanding. It can take the time and words to explain the thought processes and concepts that factor into the conclusions.
The only person I ever saw who got both the performance and the full story together was a very old professor in the 1950s who taught basic organic chemistry. I only remember him by the name we all called him which was Pappy Klein. He would teach each reaction by the steps various researchers took to figure out the principles, even going down some of the blind alleys that had to be abandoned. So we saw the process. And he would delay the final reaction products just a nano-second too long so that almost all of us could make that final leap just before he showed it. And now, we owned it.
Now THAT was performance-teaching. No big grins, flashy demos, or cheer-leading. Instead, a ballet for the mind.
It won't work today. The young are now lost to us. Attention deficit is the new norm.
Monona
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Ellison <Mark**At_Symbol_Here**TANKTRAILERCLEANING.COM>
To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
Sent: Fri, Jan 10, 2020 9:30 am
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] water based paint seminar
I would second that emotion. The wealth of knowledge here is just incredible.
Mark Ellison
From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
On Behalf Of Monona Rossol
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2020 6:04 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] water based paint seminar
Well, there are 6 YouTubes of clips from my Vaudeville act. It's just a matter of bringing in a film crew. I do have some heavy grant money I'm not sure what to
do with. Maybe....... I'll think on it.
