On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:22:46 -0400, "Jeff Findley"
puked:


"lab~rat :-)" wrote in message
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Ya know, I know there are all kinds of scheduling issues with the
shuttle and whatnot, but isn't kind of dumb sending a teacher into
space when most kids in the US haven't even started classes yet?

This will no doubt be replayed endlessly on NASA TV, so all the kids will
get a chance to watch (if their teacher cares to show them).

I mean, the whole impact of what happened before the launch, the
buildup, the launch and everything were really a big waste. All they
can get out of it at this point is maybe a video of it to play in the
future...

True, but how often to kids get to watch something like this live anyway?
When Challenger was lost, very few classes in my high school were watching
it on TV. I know mine wasn't. But someone was watching it, because it
didn't take long for the news to circulate around the high school.

Regardless, there wasn't even the opportunity. I told my kids about
it (they're 8 and 4, a little young to grasp the enormity of
Challenger and whatnot) and we watched it take off from our front
yard, but they were largely unimpressed. It seems that schools could
benefit for more from something like this than a lot of garbage on the
curriculum now...


Most kids didn't seem to care much. Only the ones who cared about science
and/or teachers. It didn't take long for the stupid jokes to start. :-P

Jeff


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lab~rat :-)
Stupid humans...