Hurricane Ophelia churns off the North Carolina coast and we are beginnning to feel some of the storm's effects here in Norfolk, mainly in the form of breezy conditions, low, cloudy skies, and wretched tropical humidity. The air is just so saturated with moisture tonight. We haven't seen much in the way of rain....at least not yet. That will arrive tonight and into tomorrow with the forecast predicting anywhere from two to four inches depending on the northward track of the storm. It looks like Tidewater Virginia will escape the worst of the storm, but you just never know. So unpredictable, these hurricanes.
Today's venture into teaching went very well. The class consisted of approximately twenty or so students who actually paid attention and asked questions. Pretty good performance for a bunch of undergraduates. Guest lecturing like I did today gives me a renewed respect for teachers, college professors or otherwise. It's a lot of work and certainly takes a lot out of you, particularly if you're conducting both an hour lecture followed by a three hour lab session. I can also certainly see the reward of teaching. The look on a student's face when something "clicks" makes all the time and effort put into such an endeavour worthwhile.
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There were a couple of my college teachers that were so enjoyable in the way they did things, it made me think about doing it, too.
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