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Chad Orzel "Prof. Orzel gives the impression of an everyday guy who just happens to have a vast but hidden knowledge of physics." (anonymous student evaluation comment)

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Life Imitates Blogging

We had a general faculty meeting today at work. As a general rule, I don't talk about the details of internal campus politics, and I am not going to discuss the substance of the meeting here. The new SAT was...

Posted on October 10, 2006 8:32 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

SAT Challenge Update

The Blogger SAT Challenge made the front page of Slashdot last week, making a huge spike in the traffic here, and bringin this blog to the attention to this blog-- I've had a half-dozen emails and comments from students and...

Posted on October 9, 2006 8:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

SAT Challenge: They Sound Like... Bloggers

I'm shocked-- shocked-- to find that many of the respondants argued with the premise of the question, and wandered off on weird tangents...

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Posted on October 2, 2006 11:24 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

SAT Challenge: My Entry

So, how did I score in the Blogger SAT Challenge? (Because this is all about me, after all...) Here's my entry. I'm not terribly proud of it, but it got a score of 4 from the graders. Looking more closely,...

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Posted on October 2, 2006 10:58 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

SAT Challenge: Bloggers Dumber Than High-School Kids

The average blogger scores below the average high-school student on the SAT essay section.

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Posted on October 2, 2006 10:27 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Blogger SAT Challenge Unleashed!

Presenting the Official Blogger SAT Challenge Site.

Posted on October 2, 2006 9:56 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

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