Friday, July 25, 2008
Hi there, it's me again. 3 more weeks to go to the completion of the fellowship. I often struggle to complete things well - I'm not hot on details. Thought I was weird until yesterday when I learnt that I'm an I in the DISC personality profile.
D stands for Direct - people who are usually task focused and who tend to be bossy.
I stands for Influential - people who have fun, make people laugh but are not good with details.
S stands for Stabilising - people who work hard to stabilise groups, who aim to please others
C stands for Conscientious - people who dot their 'i' s and cross their 't's, organised and logical
So I was happy to find that I'm okay, not abnormal. I believe God gave me this fellowship to help me learn to finish things properly. I'm making slow but steady progress. Pray for me....... I need all the prayer support I can get.........
7/25/2008 11:33:00 PM
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Well, here I am, trying v hard to complete my Fellowship with grace and dignity. God gave me this amazing Fellowship and I want to make sure that I don't let Him down. At this point in time, I'm trying to write up my lesson plans for Electricity. Used to simply memorise rules and then solve the problems with the formulae. Alas, there has been a shift in paradigm to deepen my understanding of coulombs, charges, currents, voltages, voltmeters, ammeters, resistance, Kirchoff's Laws etc etc etc.
John Hanna introduced me to a wonderful book by Eric Rodgers (no longer in this world) written in the 1960s. Eric makes Physics come alive and I would love to get my hands on a copy of the book, "Physics for the Inquiring Mind." I now see Coulombs skipping along, tripping over difficult terrain and bandits behind bushes pouncing on the coulombs demanding that they shell out their money. Yup, I'm crazy but absolutely in love with this new way of learning. Old way but new for me.
Well, I finish my Fellowship on the 15th of August and start back at school on the 18th of August. Whooppeee.......
Gotta go now and get some sleep before going into Victoria tomorrow. Take care and God bless.
7/15/2008 11:17:00 PM
Monday, July 14, 2008
Ah, I had the privilege of attending a seminar last week - SciCon 2008. Yup, a bunch of Science teachers got together to listen to various international speakers. Check out Dr Jim Heath on google. This guy has the heads-up on cancer cures....... Many wonderful presenters showcased their projects and research. On the final day, I went on a Geology Trip around Wellington - run by the Geology Dept of Victoria University of Wellington. The best part of the trip was seeing the Wellington Fault in Upper Hutt. Here's a blurp from the web about the fault.
Wellington Fault runs through the Upper Hutt suburb of Totara Park. This area has been planned with a number of special features to protect residents. One section that the fault traverses, California Park, has been set aside as a recreation reserve. Through the rest of the suburb, the fault line runs down the centre of California Drive. This street has two lanes separated by a wide grassed berm that covers the fault trace. No house is closer than 20 metres to the fault. Very few service lines, such as water, gas and sewer systems, cross the fault. Those that do cross it have flexible joints to withstand ground shaking.
7/14/2008 07:39:00 AM