Surreal

I'm done.

Wow.

No classes. No readings. No writing assignments. Three months of break ahead.

*blinks*

It feels unreal.

If Frustration Is Spontaneously Combustible...

I think the end-of-semester craze had made me chemically imbalanced. Or simply really tired. And the TJ-ness I borrowed from [Bad username or site: lynkemma / @ livejournal.com] is still around, making me a weird conglomeration of a withdrawn thinking machine who couldn't care less about empathizing with others. Hmph.

(The TJ-ness, by the way, saved my procrastinating derrière big time, so much thanks to its generous donor.)

( Much whinging ahead... you are warned )

Science and Gender -- Start 'em Early

Third post of the day! Yeah!

Now that I've taken a looong nap and am all up and chirpy again, I'll share with you a hilarious anecdote from my middle schoolers today:

Today was science fair. Every science class, grades 6–8, displayed some sort of science projects by students. Altogether, there were maybe 50 different projects—some grouped together into similar topics (geology, natural disaster, genetics, etc.), others were just very elaborate class assignments (moon phase journal, Galileo posters, etc.).

But one project particularly stuck out. Read the hypothesis:

Our hypothesis is that we think that females will have a better short-term memory than the males. We think this because we are females and we have very good memory. Not only that, but we also think females tend to have a better attention span and that females are more responsible. Of course this is all our opinion.

A scientific hypothesis???

Opinion or not, this group of girls managed to devise a way to "prove" their hypothesis. Two lists of 20 words, a limited time to read and try to memorize the lists, instant repetition. Test theory on unsuspecting boys and girls, record data, prove female supremacy. *giggles*

I copied down the lists. Test your short-term here, ladies and gentlemen...

( Get your brain ready... )