Comments on: Young Scientists Exhibition

By: Grandad

Grandad — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:05:18 +0000

Jim C – I couldn’t agree more. Any twelve year old should be taught the rudiments of mixing nitric acid with glycerine. You never know when that type of information may be needed.

By: Jim C

Jim C — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:19:30 +0000

I wish they wouldn’t ban explosives, most of them work as advertised. There was that small mishap in Chemistry class. We did manage to make a mostly reliable version of gun cotton. Not that much nitric acid got splashed around the beaker exploded.

By: Grandad

Grandad — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:09:46 +0000

Bock – You’re on. We’ll have to have an explosives sniffer dog at the door though?

TT – It could be worse? I could have gone from young fart to old scientist, but it wouldn’t have been as interesting.

Karyn – Whatever happened to calligraphy? Or even half decent handwriting?

TheChrisD – I was robbed. I know that. The judges had no sense of foresight [or humour] at all.

By: TheChrisD

TheChrisD — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:00:08 +0000

I’m very surprised that didn’t help you win in biological sciences

By: Karyn Romeis

Karyn Romeis — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:43:22 +0000

From the printers? Pshaw! So much for the digital generation!

By: tt

tt — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:37:16 +0000

From young scientist to old fart in 45 years. It’s a funny old life n’est ce pas ?

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:18:13 +0000

Well, we could have an Old Chancer Exhibition.

I’d enter.

By: Grandad

Grandad — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:16:50 +0000

Geri – All my life I have striven to be more efficient at what I love doing best.

Susan – Senior Scientist? A very interesting proposition. ’101 ways to cook Horlicks’? ‘Computerised Zimerframes’? The possibilities are endless..

Tricia – What is this modern thing that you can’t do anything unless you use Powerpoint? I hate it. I tought for years up to a couple of years ago and managed perfectly without it. Why don’t you get the children to write for you?

By: Tricia (irishsamom)

Tricia (irishsamom) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:22:03 +0000

you’re obviously a man of many talents then? Right about the old methods – you should see some of the “projects” children come to school with now – all powerpoint and such – the only thing that’s obvious somehow is that the parents did it! My children’s projects definitely look like the real thing because I want them to use their own ideas. They look pretty sad next to all the flashy ones – but we don’t care – we know the truth right?

By the way, congratulations on reaching a 1000 posts. I’d need to take a year off of motherhood to compete with that!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:02:30 +0000

They don’t make us like they used to, that’s certain.

When my eldest was doing Young Scientist, I had all sorts of marvellous ideas for her, which she rejected of course, and in the event didn’t win a thing. I promise, I didn’t gloat.

Well, not in front of her anyhow.

Maybe they should start a “Senior Scientist” to go along? We’ll teach them a few things, I think.