One day I asked my ex-wife “how long does the earth take to revolve around the sun”. She says “24 hours”. I said “Why dont you think about it for a while, and we talk again”. Later on, she’s adamant that its “24 hours”.
In another conversation, she says her primary school teacher told her there are people on mars around 1-foot high’.

No, I was the big idiot for marrying her. She was smart, she wanted a good deal of money when we divorced. People seem to use intelligence where it really matters

Astronomy.

Bring it on.

“We” were learning about the sun and such, and in the middle of class I realized that their teacher had taught them opposite for comets and asteroids. I managed to salvage their understanding a little bit….but come on. I can see something specific like the sequence of solar stages being perhaps stated incorrect, but something so basic….to someone who teaches this stuff? Comets are big rocks…asteroids are icy ‘rocks’? I am pretty sure that wither he was not paying attention or he missedit that his students got the wrong impression..but anyway.

Blew my mind. But at the end of class I had them talking comets and asteroids the correct way around.

Then came the meteor topic….and the students got it 100%. I was proud.

So, although the question was obviously easy and should not have been guessed wrong (la luna fame), it may not be the fault of himself directly – perhaps the fault was in the hand s of his elders?

And to that end I spent my winter holiday arguing the equinox egg issue with a man I know to be intelligent. Who had the BA book in his hands…IN HIS HANDS…and refused to believe. Although, he also called Dec 21 the winter equinox. So that says something….
Hmm..no real point here, just jammering away on topic.

Take care,
T